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Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Mid Tide Greylag - 189 Canada - 32 Redshank - 16 Lapwing - 34 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Black Headed Gull - 14 Teal - 1 Shoveler - 1 Gadwall - 1 Mallard -14 Saline Lagoon Black Headed Gull - 42 Mallard - 16 Grey Heron - 2 Other Birds Jay
Wildlife sightings for 11th September 2012
61 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape 6 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 3 Swallows - over reservoir lagoon 7 Chiffchaff - wildside, Recent bird highlights: Garganey, Peregrine, Buzzard, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green
Today's sightings
Late news for yesterday Blue-headed Wagtail male with 40 Yellow Wagtails on the Dumbles among the cattle/grass. South Lake Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Black-tailed Godwit 267 Wigeon 8 Teal 300 Redshank 50 Red Knot 1 Ruff 4 Holden Tower Black-tailed Godwit 30
Pink-feet
More Pink-footed Geese arriving with a count of 713 birds. Other water bird counts included 553 Greylag, 200 Canada Geese, 1150 Teal, 1130 Mallard, 12 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 34 Shoveler, 39 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 29 Moorhen, 60 Coot, 12 Cormorant and 15 Grey
Flying machines!
We have been approached by a student at Edge Hill University who is doing a BA in computing. As part of his dissertation, he is designing a flying drone to take photographs of wildlife in unaccessible areas and we have become his client to work with him o
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/mid tide Redshank - 32 Lapwing - 63 Black Headed Gull - 69 Mallard - 12 Gadwall - 3 Snipe - 2 Jack Snipe - 1 Shoveler - 2 Grey Heron - 1 Greylag Goose - 6 Saline Lagoon Black Headed Gull - 39 Hawthon Wood Nuthatch - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecke
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide The Snipe flock that have been here since late July were very active and showy today. At least 80 were along the south edge of the scrape. Long-billed Dowitcher is still present but moved back to South Lake. At least 200 Black-tailed Godwit are
Out on the reserve today
cranes (3) common sandpiper greenshank golden plover dunlin ringed plover hobby marsh harrier yellow wagtail
Waders and Wagtails
More signs of autumn passage and the outlook looks good for the next few days. Reports from late afternoon included Spotted Redshank which would be new in and Curlew Sandpiper from the Ron Barker. Four Hundred Lapwing, 25 Ruff, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 50+
Wildlife sightings for 9th September 2012
16 Chiffchaff - site count 5 Willow Warbler - wildside, sheltered lagoon 9 Sedge Warbler - main lake, marsh, scrape 33 Swallow - flew SW 8 Snipe - scrape, main lake 1 Curlew - feeding on scrape Recent bird highlights: Garganey, Peregrine, Buzzard, Hobby,
Tranquil birding
Holden Tower Still a flock of 250 plus Curlew feeding in the pools and among the grass on the Dumbles. Also 30 juvenile Black-tailed Godwit, a Whimbrel, 5 Snipe, 3 Ruff, 3 Redshank and a Greenshank in the saltmarsh puddles. All viewable with a scope from
Too Sunny...
I know what your thinking, it's not that this last blast of summer isn't without it's benefits but a few showers moving through would be bound to bring some new birds onto the reserve. Best report of the day goes to Curlew Sandpiper which was seen from th
Wildlife sightings for 8th September 2012
72 Gadwall - main lake, reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 65 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 7 Black-Tailed Godwit - main lake 4 Snipe - main lake 1 Kingfisher - south route 7+ Chiffchaff - wildside, south route, sheltered lagoon 3 Willo
Today's sightings
The South Lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Red Knot 2 Common Snipe 2 Common Redshank 60 Black-tailed Godwit 192 Ruff 4 Teal 150 Shoveler 70 The Rushy Common Crane 4 (GCP) Green Sandpiper 3 The Knott Pool Spotted Flycatcher 1 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Chiffchaff
More Pinkfeet arriving
An autumnal feel to the day with grey sky, a bit of a westerly wind and drizzle complete with flocks of newly arriving Pink footed Geese during the morning, hard to know how many were involved, but at least 250 birds in several flocks with the possibility