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Today's sightings
British Steel hide/estuary spoonbill 168 black tailed godwit 1080 curlew 460 oystercatcher 110 redshank 17 dunlin 16 greenshank 16 lapwing 28 little egret Medit [...]
26 July 2012
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond Curlew 20 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 1 Teal 4 Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Tufted Duck 3 Shoveler 1 Teal Pond Little Grebe still with one chick Young M [...]
26 July 2012
Insects galore!
The hot weather has at last brought out the insects in force. Most notable sighting was a White Admiral butterfly which probably wandered from the woodland areas to the north. Other butterflies includ [...]
26 July 2012
Wildlife sightings for 26th July 2012
1 new Little Grebe brood (5 chicks) - wildside 1 new Pochard brood (the 4th brood) - reedbed 2 Gadwall broods (well grown young) - resr lagoon 4 Common Tern juvs + 7 adults - main lak [...]
26 July 2012
Today's sightings
Moulting adult Curlew Sandpiper (the smaller one) with Black-tailed Godwit MJMcGill Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 breeding plumage CURLEW SANDPIPER 1 partial breeding [...]
26 July 2012
Recent sightings
Sightings from the 22nd July have included Main Lake - 3 shelducks, 1 little grebes, 30 tufted ducks, 3 wigeon ducks, 9 greylags, 190 mallards, 1 kingfisher. Estuary - 140 curlews, 150 black headed gulls, 2 common gulls, 1 common tern, 1 knot, 70 oysterca
25 July 2012
Moths!
These moths were released from our moth trap this morning: Poplar Hawkmoth - 5 Coxcomb Prominent - 1 Brimstone Moth - 4 Swallow-tailed Moth -2 July Highf [...]
25 July 2012
25th of July Sightings
Weather: Overcast with white cloud but warm and humid. Wader Lake Am - Tide Level: High Avocet - 2 + 2 young Redshank - 39 Lapwing - 94 Common Tern - 24 + 25 young [...]
25 July 2012
Sandwich Tern new for the year.
Low cloud and misty rain alway promise something interest and almost the first bird seen while scanning the Mere this morning was Sandwich Tern. They never hang around for longer than a day and in the [...]
25 July 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 22nd July have included Main Lake - 3 shelducks, 1 little grebes, 30 tufted ducks, 3 wigeon ducks, 9 greylags, 190 mallards, 1 kingfisher. Estuary - 140 curlews, 150 black h [...]
25 July 2012
Today's Wild Bird Sightings
177 Black tailed godwit 15 dunlin 135 Redshank 13 Greenshank 20 Lapwing c800 Curlew 36 Little egret Spoonbill 2 Mediterranean gull 9 common gull c500 Black head [...]
25 July 2012
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond Common Sandpiper 1 Curlew 50 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 1 Teal 4 Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Tufted Duck 3 Shoveler 1 Teal Pond Little Grebe still wit [...]
25 July 2012
Wildlife sightings for 25th July 2012
2 Shoveler - scrape 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 80 Black-headed Gull - main lake 1 Kingfisher - wildside Wildflowers are looking at their best with particul [...]
25 July 2012
Sightings- Dowitcher still
Long-billed Dowitcher and Black-tailed Godwits taken today by JSLees Copyright WWT The South Lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Breeding plumage adult still showing well in the wader flock Avoce [...]
25 July 2012
Caerlaverock Osprey HJ back on the Solway
One of the three osprey chicks hatched from the Caerlaverock nest in 2010 has appeared on the nest at Wigtown Bay. Just before he left the nest, the young osprey was fitted with a unique leg ring made of blue plastic with the letters HJ engraved on it in
24 July 2012