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Today's sightings
130 black tailed godwits 1 bar tailed godwit 31 redshank 202 lapwing peregrine sparrow hawk buzzard 121 wigeon 1 golden eye 52 shelduck 30 gadwall 6 mute swans
20 November 2012
Dawn swan count
Whooper swans - 1766 Bewick's swans - 243
20 November 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 17th November have included: 300 Brent Geese outside Brent Hide. 307 Whooper Swans on Estuary. Main Lake – 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Egrets, 33 Greylag Geese, 36 Tufted Ducks, 1 Heron, 2 Gadwalls and 2 Mute Swans. Kingfisher showing on F
20 November 2012
Today's sightings
The South Lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 93 Lapwing 42 Ruff 1 Shoveler 20 Teal 200 Great-crested Grebe 1 The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Showing on and off Redshank 7 Black-tailed Godwit 5 Dunlin 450 Ruff 4 Lapwing 150 Golden Plover 80 Teal 500
20 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 20th November 2012
1 Pintail - scrape 1 Peregrine - hunting over marsh a.m. 1 Rock Pipit - heard calling from scrape a.m. 2 Stonechat - marsh 2 Chiffchaff - wildside 13 Siskin - wildside, south route Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-ea
20 November 2012
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Teal 300 Shoveler 5 Black-tailed Godwit 10 Snipe 10 Redshank 10 Lapwing 3 Corner Field Teal 224 Wigeon 125 Black-tailed Godwit 26 Lapwing 40 Snipe 2 Teal Pond Teal 10 Wigeon 15 Gadwall 2 Tufted Duck 2 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 70 Wigeon 100 Tuf
19 November 2012
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Golden Plover 1000 including three still retaining or gaining breeding plumage Red Knot 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Ruff 6 Dunlin 300 Lapwing 700 Teal 800 Wigeon 22 South Lake Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Black-tailed Godwit 8 Golden Plover 1 Lapwing 110 R
19 November 2012
Today's sightings
Estuary/marsh 173 curlew, 545 oystercatcher, 93 shelduck, 14 brent goose, 2 great crested grebe, 193 knot, 121 black tailed godwit, 82 dunlin, 43 lapwing, 34 greylag goose, 94 wigeon, 310 pintail, 7 little egret, kestrel, 2 peregrine, sparrowhawk and wate
19 November 2012
Some counts
Some counts of selected species on the reserve included 2390 Teal, 450 Wigeon, 352 Greylag, 4700 Pink-footed Geese, 270 Pintail, 41 Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck, 10 Gadwall, 50 Canada Geese, 14 Shoveler and Goldeneye. A single Barnacle Goose with Pink-footed G
19 November 2012
WeBS count highlights
Wigeon - 2953 Mallard - 887 Teal - 561 Pochard - 174 Pintail - 107 Shoveler - 50 Gadwall - 22 Great crested grebe - 9 Black-tailed godwit - 245 Lapwing - 32 Golden plover - 22 Curlew - 12 Snipe - 12 Redshank - 2 Marsh harrier - 2 Buzzard - 2 Fieldfare - 3
19 November 2012
The latest on lead - a thank you for your support
A big thank you to everyone who has signed our petition calling for an end to the use of lead shot in shooting and raised awareness of the damage that spent lead gunshot causes to wild birds who eat it, mistaking it for grit. Your support has already made
19 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 19th November 2012
1 Kingfisher - flew past explore feeders towards main lake c. 10 Siskin - with Goldfinch flock on south route 1 Water Rail - marsh Additional sightings from yesterday: 6 Snipe 2 Kingfisher 9 Cetti's Warbler - calling around site 3 Chiffchaff
19 November 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/High Tide/AM Mallard - 72 Teal - 58 Black Backed Gull - 3 Curlew - 10 Lapwing - 8 Redshank - 38 Grey Heron - 1 Black Headed Gull - 31 Shelduck - 1 Moorhen - 3 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 3 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 2 Nuthatch - 1 Blue Tit - 10 Gold
19 November 2012
We've lost 44 million birds since 1966, including an average of 50 house sparrows every hour
Since 1966, we’ve lost breeding birds from our countryside at an average rate of a nesting pair every minute, say a group of conservation organisations in a report published today (Monday 19 November, 2012). These shocking statistics are contained in th
19 November 2012
Today's WeBS Count
The WeBS (Wetland Bird Survey) count was carried out today. Conditions certainly affected the numbers as the first hard frost had frozen many scrapes and pools. Bird numbers picked up during the day and a total of 6784 birds were counted. This does not in
18 November 2012