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Wildlife sightings for 31st August 2012
72 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Snipe - main lake 1 Kingfisher - wader scrape Recent bird highlights: Garganey, Peregrine, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover
Youngsters catch the volunteering bug
Taking part in "Be a Wetland Warden" Bayley, aged 8, and Finley, 6, are having fun finding out what it’s like to be wardens at WWT London Wetland Centre in Barnes. They gave up an hour of their time this w
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower MARSH HARRIER 1 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 170 Ringed Plover 80 Red Knot 3 Whimbrel 3 Curlew 360 Greenshank 1 Peregrine 1 Little Egret 10 Wheatear 3 The South Lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 186 Redshank 78 Common Sandpiper 1
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300 curlew 459 black tailed godwits 26 greenshank 248 redshank 1 spotted redshank 1 ruff 45 lapwing spoonbill cormorants littel egrets 21 wigeon gadwall teal shoveler kingfisher
Summer Round-up
Castle Espie Reserve Hatching of Black headed gulls slowed into June with 30 nests still to hatch from original 750. Gull chick survival was similar to 2011 in spite of the wet summer with one third of flocks made up of fledged young. Most had left
Returning pink feet - is it Autumn already?
We have had our fist flock of 11 pink-footed geese arrive this morning. This was followed by another 6 after 12.30pm so the count should be higher by the end of the day with perfect weather conditions with this northerly wind. We normally expect the reall
Arriving Pinkfeet
The first returning Pink footed Geese arrived this morning with a group of 11 just before midday, and a further flock of 6 by 12.45, so the count by the end of the day could well be higher with a good northerly wind aiding the birds arrival. Other sightin
Today's sighting-Snow Geese
Lesser Snow Geese- a flock of thirteen arrived from high and the north at 0740 and began circling the reserve. They dropped down onto the Top New Piece and fed for a while hence the distant image taken from the Holden Tower. Soon after the flock flew off
Wildlife sightings for 30th August 2012
3 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 65 Shoveler - wader scrape, main lake 2 Buzzard - flew NE, NW 2 Hobby - over site 1 Whinchat - grazing marsh 2 Chiffchaff - entrance lake Recent bird highlights: Garganey,
Bird News
An early heavy rain front moved through to produce some excellent viewing condition. A squally rain front with thunder and lighting came through early afternoon followed by sunshine. Highest count of Common Snipe of the autumn with 140+, Ruff are up to 29
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 25th August have included: Estuary – 75 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 1,500 Oystercatchers and 1 Black Tailed Godwit Limestone Lake – 3 Little Grebes, 3 Mallard, 1 Kingfisher and 1 Tufted duck Main Lake – 3 Little Egrets, 120 Black Heade
Today's sightings
The South Lake No sign of the spotted crake today but it did show well yesterday evening. The Zeiss Hide LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 210 Ruff 8 Greenshank 1 Redshank 10 Snipe 35 Ringed Plover 10 Wigeon 5 Teal 120 The Tack Piece WOOD SANDPI
Black terns
Black tern - 7 (Lyle hide)
Wildlife sightings for 29th August 2012
100 Teal - scrape, main lake 64 Shoveler - scrape, main lake 2 Snipe - scrape, main lake 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Buzzard - flew SW 2 Coal Tit - singing entrance area and Queen
What a fantastic August!
We have had a great August at Martin Mere comfortably meeting all of our targets and everyone seems to have really enjoyed their visit. The play area has been so popular, although sometimes overcrowded as so many families are using the facility - but we