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Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Oystercatcher - 5 Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 10 Common Tern - 2 Grey Heron - 46 + 15 Chicks Gadwall - 4 Shoveler - 2 Swallow - 5 Stock Dove - [...]
21 April 2012
More To Come
It's still fairly slow on the spring migrant front, with no warming air flows bringing a large influx of birds. By this time last year we had recorded House Martin, Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, [...]
21 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 21st April 2012
1 Iceland Gull 1st winter - scrape (1600hrs) (Image kindly donated by David Darrell-Lambert) 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 8 Redshank - marsh, main lake, scrape 4 Common [...]
21 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Zeiss Hide Shelduck 24 Gadwall 12 Teal 14 Lapwing 5 Redshank 2 Oystercatcher 2 Little Grebe2 Cettis 1 Reed Warbler 3 Sedge Warbler 2 South Lake Egyptian Goose 1 Shovele [...]
21 April 2012
Still one egg and male takes his turn to sit
This morning our male osprey brought in a fish for his mate and she took off to eat it on her favourite perch nearby the nest. When she took off we could see the single egg in the nest cup. He then settled down in the to incubate the egg for the next 20 m
20 April 2012
Out on the reserve today
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20 April 2012
Wheatear
A wheatear has been spotted down at the saline lagoon - a first for our site since the 1980s. [...]
20 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Low Tide Avocet 8 Oystercatcher 5 Lapwing 10 Redshank 15 Shelduck 16 Tufted Duck 10 Gadwall 2 Shoveler 3 [...]
20 April 2012
Latest Sightings
19.04.12 Wader Lake Avocet 8 Lapwing 14 Tern 1 Oystercatcher 5 Shelduck 22 Teal 5 Black Headed Gull 6 Shoveler 4 [...]
20 April 2012
Bird News
A Greenshank, 20+ Black-tailed Godwits, 100 Avocets, and over 50 Curlews were amongst the waders present on the reserve today. Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Sparrowhak, and several Common Buzzards were se [...]
20 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 20th April 2012
8 Redshank - scrape (0810-0930hrs) 1 Shelduck - gull ridge on main lake 1 Little Egret - marsh 3 Swallow - flew over main lake 23 Sand Martin - scrap [...]
20 April 2012
Today's sightings
White Wagtail and Avocets on the Holden Tower scrape JSLees WWT The Holden Tower White Wagtail 2 Yellow Wagtail 1 Wheatear 1 Knot 2 Dunlin 2 Ringed Plover 5 Avocet 2 Oystercatche [...]
20 April 2012
Double 21st birthday celebration at WWT Llanelli
Lucy and her nene toyboy enjoy a romantic meal! Can you think of a good name for him? (Image credit: Sammy-jo Pengelly) A favourite with visitors, our female cape barren goose Lucy has two special reasons to celebrat
19 April 2012
On the reserve today
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19 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 19th April 2012
3 Ringed Plover tundrae - scrape 2 Common Sandpiper - scrape 6 Redshank - main lake, scrape, marsh 16 Lapwing + 8 nests - scrape, main lake, marsh 3 Little Ringed Plover 3&nbs [...]
19 April 2012