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Loads of wildfowl
Canada Goose at Slimbridge by Ian Wade (Archive picture) Great-grey Shrike 1 seen on a private part of the reserve late morning by a work party The Tack Piece Pintail 848 Wigeon 1300 Teal 600 Shoveler 45 Greenland Whi
Wildlife sightings for 10th February 2016
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon north shore 133 Shoveler - marsh, reservoir lagoon, main lake 3 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 69 Lapwing - main lake 1 Reed Bunting - male, singing on edge of main lake 10 Siskin - south route February bird highlights: Bit
Todays Highlights
All of the hides are open the water levels are looking great lots of islands providing great feeding areas for waders The Welney Wash Road section of the A1101 is open Lady Fen the area in front of the centre is looking great over 1000 golden plover shimm
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Tide Mid Curlew - 1 Shelduck - 8 Canada Goose - 40 Teal - 10 Heron - 12 Other Birds Mistle Thrush - Window on the Wear - 1 Tufted Duck - River Wear - 25 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Long tailed tit - 8 G. S. Woodpecker - 2 Chaffinch - 6
Today's sightings
Flock of feeding Eurasian Wigeon at Slimbridge taken by James Lees (Archive Picture) Holden Tower A very high tide pushed up onto the Dumbles, even higher tides are predicted for the next couple of days so the tide/b
Wildlife sightings for 9th February 2016
11 Mandarin - resr lagoon 52 Lapwing - main lake 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 17 Siskin - South route 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge January/February bird highlights: Bittern, Brent Goose, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Redshank,
Reserve update Tues Feb 9th
Two leucistic Barnacles and a hybrid on the reserve currently for anyone looking for the Snow Goose to be aware of. No sign of the latter as yet, but probably lurking out there somewhere. There is the best part of 200 Whoopers around, if we include the 27
Todays Sightings
All of the hides are open the water levels are looking great lots of islands providing great feeding areas for waders The Welney Wash Road section of the A1101 is open Lady Fen the area in front of the centre is looking great over 1000 golden plover shimm
Recent Sightings - 8th February
The following sightings were recorded by Reserve Warden, Pete Matchett. A Spoonbill has been spotted fairly frequently on the Comber Estuary recently and at the weekend on both Saturday and Sunday it was feeding on our Peninsula Saltmarsh. Main lake –
Today's sightings- Storm Imogen
A very wet and blustery day, some areas of the grounds were closed for safety reasons as the gales were severe. More heavy rainfall has pushed water levels up on the fields and all the lakes and pools on site. This has coincided with very high tides so it
Hen Harrier
First Hen Harrier of the winter, a ring-tailed bird flying through in between the rain squalls. This has been our quietest winter for Hen Harrier, a bird which has faced much persecution in it's upland breeding habitat. It's quite possible this bird will
Today's sightings
Wader Lake (AM low tide): Lapwing - 3 Grey heron - 10 Shelduck - 9 Stock dove - 1 Eurasian teal - 9 Tufted duck - 3 Saline Lagoon (AM low tide): Curlew - 1 Shelduck - 2 Hawthorn Wood: Robin - 3 Long-tailed tit - 5 Blackbird - 4 Coal tit - 5
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Bittern 8/2/2016 Little Egret 2 Pochard 15 Lapwing 12 Cormorant 13 Coot 2 Mallard 29 Gadwall 3 Moor Hen 2 Tufted Duck 26 Teal 18 Little Grebe 2 Grey Heron 1 Shelduck 7 Shoveler 9 Snipe 11 Greylag 2 Mute Swans 4
Wildlife sightings for 8th February 2016
115 Shoveler - marsh and main lake 3 Pintail - main lake 2 Peregrine - male landed on the main lake long shingle island, then went up and followed the female as she flew over Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Redshank 1 Raven - flew over shelt
Monday, Feb 8th
A bit calmer today, and dry currently, though quite a drop of rain overnight. Decent swan nos. first thing, and the Greater Scaup drake still on the Whooper Pond. The Snow Goose is around again, though just off the reserve at nearby Newmains, on the road