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Today's sightings
Barn Owl at the Holden Tower this morning copyright JSLees Tundra Bean Goose on the Tack Piece Copyright JSLees The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Showing very well again this afternoon The Holden Tower BARN OWL 1 Hunting in front of the hide at 9am Dunlin 300 Go
Wildlife sightings for 12th March 2013
2 Shelduck - males, scrape 2 Pintail - pair, main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 135 Cormorant - main lake 152 Black-headed Gull - main lake 10 Common Snipe - reservoir lagoon, scrape, main lake, marsh 1 Stonechat - male, marsh 135 Fieldfare - pla
Notable birds to look out for... the tall Caribbean.
I thought I would have a go at introducing "notable flamingos" for visitors to WWT Slimbridge to have a look out for on their visits to the site. These could be birds that are specifically active or tell an interesting story. I have already been wittering
Spring migrants
It’s been a chilly week here but we’re looking forward to signs of spring, including four of the earliest spring migrants, in the next week or so. Little ringed plover James Lees Look for the plovers scuttling lik
Snow... in March!
It has been snowing hard here, but hide and reserve access is good. RESERVE; Pochard, Tufted duck, Moorhen, Coot, Shelduck, Mallard, Water rail, Mute swan, Cormorant, Pheasant, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Wren, Reed bunting, Thrush, Blackbird, Blue/Great/ Coal/
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 143 Mute Swan 40 Wigeon 110 Tufted Duck 55 Canada Goose 2 Greylag Goose 1 Shoveler 8 Oystercatcher 2 Gadwall 2 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Drake) Teal 60 Wigeon 10 Redshank 6 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Oystercatcher 2 Flood Ground L
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Low Tide/Time - AM Grey Heron - 9 Greylag - 16 Canada Goose - 11 Saline Lagoon Greylag - 2 Canada Goose - 4 Shelduck - 4 Other Birds Wader Lake Footpath: Redwing - 12 Siskin - 4 Long Tailed Tit - 2 Reservoir: Tufted Duck - 20 Shelduck - 8 G
Today's sightings
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 173 Pochard 120 Pintail 240 Tufted Duck 300 The Roadside Fields Common Crane 4 (GCP) The Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 39 Greylag Goose 6 Pintail 65 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 14 Lapwing 280 Tufted Duck
Avocet at Arundel is the first since 1989
The first avocet to visit Arundel since 1989 was spotted last Sunday near the Ramsar hide. An avocet spent the day on the islands near the Ramsar hide on Sunday. We have only had one of these small black and white wad
WeBS count
Highlights - Goldeneye - 6 Great crested grebe - 4 Little egret - 1 Wigeon - 3095 Tufted duck - 449 Teal - 412 Mallard - 347 Pochard - 315 Pintail - 108 Shoveler - 32 Gadwall - 26 Lapwing - 117 Black-tailed godwit - 35 Golden plover - 22 Redshank - 10 Cur
A Blast of Winter
Any hopes of the first Sand Martin were dashed by the strong ENE wind blowing squally snow showers straight off Siberia! A few Avocet must have changed their minds as the numbers reduced to 40 as the scrapes in front of the Ron Barker Hide froze over. Tod
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 10th March have included: Estuary: 120 Teal, 6 Wigeon, 232 Shelduck, 173 Brent, 379 Oystercatchers,57 Redshank, 178 Curlew, 150 Dunlin, 190 Knot, 48 Grey Plover and 1 Little Egret. Peninsula Saltmarsh: 44 Oystercatchers and 3 Mallard.
Cold weather halts migration!
Swans flying into the feed (C. Butters) A return to north-easterly winds has brought much colder air from Scandanavia and Eastern Europe causing the Bewick’s swans to delay their migration back to Russia for conside
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Sand Martin- 1 in a snow flurry over Knott Hide. 1st of year. E. White-fronted Gese 75 Tundra Bean Goose 1 juv Peregrine pair Lapwing 300 American x Eurasian Wigeon male hybrid with 300 Wigeon Zeiss Hide Wigeon 12 Pochard 8 Shelduck 8 South L
Yesterdays sightings
To add to the sightings from yesterday, we also had: Goosander - 2 Brambling - 2 Ruff - 10