News
Today's sightings
Cranes- 8 Great Crane Project still about the reserve today Holden Tower Wigeon 560 American Wigeon x Eurasian Wigeon hybrid male Peregrine 1 Rushy Bewick's Swan 250 (270 still here, no departures) Pintail 210 Tack Piece Golden Plover 25 Dunlin 200 E Whi
4 March 2013
Out on the reserve today
Avocet - 4 Curlew - 6 Crane - 1 (flew over)
4 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 4th March 2013
1 Shelduck - scrape 70 Shoveler - main lake and scrape 61 Wigeon - scrape, marsh 60 Gadwall - scrape 1 Bearded Tit - marsh (nr. to the reedbed-side of the marsh) Recent bird highlights: Smew, Shelduck, Bittern, Peregrine, Dunlin, Woodcock, Skylark
4 March 2013
Frogs croaking
The last thing I expected to here yesterday was a male Common Frog croaking in the reedbed, especially after all the cold weather of late. A Jack Snipe was spotted feeding in front of the Scrape hide towards the end of yesterday. 5 Wigeon were a pleasant
4 March 2013
A late Bewick's Swan
Surprise bird of the day was a single Bewick's Swan mid afternoon on the Mere with ~ 500 Whooper Swan. It's been the quietest winter on record for this Siberian species with only two other sightings on the reserve in 2013. The adult breeding plumage Medit
3 March 2013
Today's wildlife sightings
Wader Lake Grey heron - 35 Shelduck - 6 Teal - 27 Mallard - 41 Redshank - 12 Lapwing - 8 Canada goose - 2 Greylag goose - 3 Saline lagoon Shelduck - 36 Canada goose - 7 Mallard - 23 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch, great tit, blue tit, robin, siskin, coal
3 March 2013
Today's highlights
Today’s highlights include 2 great white egret, 9 little egret, 12 black tailed godwit, 71 curlew, 45 redshank, 2 greenshank, 7 snipe, 19 lapwing, water rail, peregrine, buzzard, 84 wigeon, 111 shelduck, 13 shoveler, 4 little grebe, great crested grebe,
3 March 2013
Today's sightings
Great Crane Project Now 8 Cranes on site. Holden Tower Wigeon 250 Cranes 4 Avocet 3 on the tide Zeiss Hide Bittern 1 showing very well Teal 50 Wigeon 30 Tack Piece Pintail 308 Wigeon 200 Dunlin 400 Crane 4 Little Egret 6 Peregrine 1 Golden Plover 24 Rush
3 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 3rd March 2013
3 Bittern - main lake, resr lagoon 78 Shoveler - main lake and scrape 47 Wigeon - reservoir lagoon 2 Snipe - main lake 2 Skylark - flew W over entrance lake 2 Siskin Lapwing are starting to scrape out nests on islands on the main lake Addit
3 March 2013
Med Gull and other birds
A frosty sunny start to the day, clouding over later making viewing in the afternoon ideal. An adult breeding plumage Med Gull came in with Black-headed Gull just before 4pm. Recently there has been over 3000 Black-headed Gulls coming into roost so there
2 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 2nd March 2013
3 Bittern - main lake S shore, left as you look out of Headley hide 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 5 Pintail - wader scrape 1 Woodcock - N bank reservoir lagoon @ 2.30pm 6 Snipe c. 30 Fieldfare 1 Stonechat Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Dunl
2 March 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Still fishing from very close fallen post again this morning, But then flew north to reed bed at far end of the Top New Piece. Then at 2pm it flew back down and showed well again late afternoon. Avocet 1 Grey Heron 1 Black-tailed
2 March 2013
Bird News
Another calm day, cloudy but with great visibility. Still good numbers of Whooper Swan, 1000+ although you've only got a few more weeks before the majority will be on there way back to Iceland. Still 14 Avocet however the weather looks good for the start
1 March 2013
Swans start leaving Slimbridge!
The first 77 Bewick’s started their spring migration from Slimbridge last night! A large group were heard calling at 1am as dozens flew over the Scott House (A. Brodzinski) and today we were left
1 March 2013
New development begins at WWT Martin Mere
A brand new ‘WOW’ development has begun at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. ‘WOW’ is titled Weird and Wonderful and is a complete redevelopment of the Australasia area of the wildlife gardens. The new exhibit will transform an existing area of th
1 March 2013