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Wildlife sightings for 26th March 2012
1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 1 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 4 Redshank - main lake and marsh 12 Snipe - marsh and main lake 6 Cetti's Warbler - all singing, wildside, reedbed, main [...]
26 March 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cackling Canada Goose 1 Canada Goose 19 (all on spartina island) Peregrine 1 Skylark 4 pairs Lapwing 20 in 'wintering' mode and 22 in breeding mode, ie on territory [...]
26 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet 9 Shoveler 2 Shelduck 22 Teal 18 Heron 36 Greylag 16 Canada Geese 6 Lapwing 29 Redshank 16 O [...]
25 March 2012
Less Whoopers More Spring
A Whooper Swan count was down to 316 birds. Most of these will have left by the beginning of April. Water levels in front of the Ron Barker Hide were dropped a few weeks ago to provide better habitat [...]
25 March 2012
Recent sightings
Reserve 22nd March Catttle Egret spotted on Shingle Bank amongst the Black headed Gulls. Today was spotted with our Swans on the main lake. [...]
25 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 25th March 2012
2 Shelduck - main lake 4 Redshank - main lake 1 Sand Martin - flew over main lake 1 Blackcap - male, waterlife 6 Cetti's Warbler - singing across reserve Also: 1 [...]
25 March 2012
Today's sightings
Little Gull passage A flock of 17 to 23 flew off the estuary near to Frampton with Black-headed Gulls and headed NNE at 1330. They may have carried on migrating. At 1345 an adult was feed [...]
25 March 2012
Scorchio!
How nice was today! Temperatures nudged 18 degrees and apparently it's likely to continue for the next 5 days at least. Now could somebody just improve the visibilty a bit and we will all be happy [...]
24 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 24th March 2012
4 Redshank - wader scrape, main lake 8 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 6 Cetti's Warbler - all singing wildside, reedbed, main lake, waterlife, sheltered lagoon 3 Chiffchaff - wildsid [...]
24 March 2012
Out on the reserve today
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23 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet (one pair mating) - 6 Lapwing - 14 Redshank - 10 Oystercatcher - 2 Stock Dove (male displaying) Shelduck - 15 Mallard - 27 Teal - 9 Wigeon - 4 [...]
23 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 23rd March 2012
Grass snake (right) in wildside ponds (image by Peter Galbraith) 4 Redshank - wader scrape 8 Cetti's Warbler - site count 6 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside, reedbed, water [...]
23 March 2012
Todays sightings
Great sunshine and a scattering of summer migrants but the site is drying out far more quickly than it should be.Chiffchaff singing all over and one or two Blackcap as well. The female Lesser Scau [...]
23 March 2012
Cheeky bronze-winged ducks (video)!
Meet our gregarious, noisy, nibbly bronze-winged ducks – which we wouldn’t have any other way. Quite difficult to film while stumbling backwards over your own feet; much better to see and be chased by them in person! They’re also known as ‘specta
22 March 2012
Countryfile magazine highlights our grey heron colony
Countryfile magazine has named WWT Washington as one of the best places to spot grey herons in the whole of the UK! http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/wildlife-watch-out-march [...]
22 March 2012