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Wildlife sightings for 5th September 2012
70 Gadwall - site count a.m. 63 Shoveler - mostly main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 5 Snipe - main lake Recent bird highlights: Garganey, Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed P
Spotlight on our revamped amphibian ponds
Our reserve warden John and his team of dedicated volunteers have been working hard down at the amphibian ponds for the past few months, creating new habitat and revamping what was already there. Check out the fruits of their labour!
Today's sightings
The Knott Pool NUTCHATCH 1 About the 6th site record Garden Warbler 1 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Common Whitethroat 5 Chiffchaff 4 Blackcap 10 Reed Warbler 1 The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 17 Red Knot 6 Ruff 5 Lapwing 197 Black-tailed Godwit 158 Sni
latest sightings Tuesday 4th September
An osprey was perched on the big tree washed up on the tideline off slatcot merse this morning. Still good numbers of teal, 182 on the folly pond with 25 shovelers and a lone wigeon. The wet areas of Prince Philip's field is proving to be a magnet for the
Some Disturbance
Some disturbance today and probably tomorrow as the early autumn vegetation and grass cutting occurs around the reserve. The amount of rain received over summer is making hay cutting out on the marshy reserve fields very difficult. These cuts provide new
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Red Knott 5 Ruff 5 Spotted Redshank 5 Redshank 93 Black-tailed Godwit 200 Green Sandpiper 1 Teal 500 The Holden Tower Whimbrel 3 Sanderling 2 Dunlin 90 Ringed Plover 35 Red Knot 1 Curlew 300 Black-tailed Godwit 45 Sh
Wildlife sightings
At least 17 Teal from the Ramsar hide today, along with the usual herons. A Snipe has put in an appearance today, the first of the autumn. Highlight today was a Marsh Tit calling from the hedgerow at the edge of the wet grassland. This is a bird that is s
Wildlife sightings for 4th September 2012
73 Teal - main lake, wader scrape 63 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 4 Snipe - main lake 1 Peregrine - across river on hospital Additional sightings from yesterday: 3 Green Sandpiper - main lake, 1 flew S 2 Peregrine -
Elephants and Tigers – It’s a Jungle Out There
Guest blog by WWT London Wetland Centre Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock The thought of visiting the London Wetland Centre to view ‘big game’ seems rather far-fetched, particularly as our largest fauna on site extend to animals such as the Mute Swan or
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Mid tide Lapwing - 148 Redshank - 28 Curlew - 5 Teal - 8 Black Headed Gull - 12 Tufted Duck - 6 Mallard - 34 Starling - 25 Pied Wagtail - 2 Saline Lagoon Black Headed Gull - 56 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 2 Cormorant - 1 Lapwing - 16 Other Bi
Work party on South Lake today
South Lake We have a large work party cutting hay, controlling invasive non native plants, cleaning windows, clearing out the water controls, basically everything for a phase one maintenance. The birds usually move to the Top New Piece and other scrapes
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Black-tailed Godwit 90 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 juvenile Ruff 4 juveniles and adult female Green Sandpiper 2 Spotted Redshank 1 South Lake Some of the above this morning Snipe 2 Redshank 70 Rushy Wood Sandpiper 1 Holden Tower
latest sightings Monday 3rd September
One osprey was showing most of the day, perched on a log eating a fish in the morning and then flying along the merse being mobbed by a group of shelducks. Duck numbers are still good with 450 teal in Prince Philip's field and another 152 on the Folly pon
Jay, new for the year.
Autumn wanderers come in all shapes and sizes. Today's Jay seen by the Ron Barker Hide will be a local bird, although Jay do arrive from the continent later in the autumn. Although the reserve has some well developed trees, Jay is an unusual bird on the r
Join the Gosling gang at WWT Martin Mere
Every Thursday during term time, toddlers can join WWT Martin Mere’s new gosling gang. Thursday is Toddler Thursdays at Martin Mere, and every week, toddlers will be able to get a special gosling gang badge, free bag of bird seed a stamp in their goslin