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Wildlife sightings for 1st February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake between Dulverton and WWF hides 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 2 Pintail - grazing marsh 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 162 Fieldfare - flew over W, SW @ 8.15am 30+ Siskin - wildside Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern,
1 February 2013
Bittern...... again!
The kingfishers are particuarly busy at the moment, wizzing around the world wetlands enclosure, by the long path and from the sand martin hide. As water levels continue to rise around the reserve, good numbers of tufted duck, pochard, common shelduck, co
31 January 2013
TV presenter Mike Dilger feeds the 500!
(Edited from the Big 9 Challenge blog written by Mark Simpson) On Sunday 27 January, TV presenter Mike Dilger visited WWT Llanelli! The sun was shining and centre manager Nigel Williams took Mike on a quick tour of the centre, picking up gadwall, pochar
31 January 2013
99 Species to the end of January
Great start to 2013 with 99 species of wild bird so far recorded. It's only one off of the record 100 species seen in January 2012. Species number 99 was Corn Bunting seen today but also apparently on the overflow Car Park on Monday. The area around Marti
31 January 2013
100 letters announced to follow in the footsteps of Captain Scott
The 100 letters that will be making the journey to Antarctica have been announced as part of a Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust competition to inspire future generations to get close to nature and protect our environment. The competition celebrates the cente
31 January 2013
The Artistic and Written Musings of a Naturalist’
On Saturday 2nd February, The Gallery at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre will be offering a unique and exciting opportunity to view a selection of both artistic works and written musings of WWT founder, Sir Peter Scott. WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre is
31 January 2013
TODAY'S SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/MID TIDE Shelduck - 20 Teal - 96 Mallard - 27 Grey Heron - 8 Redshank - 52 Black Headed Gull - 44 SALINE LAGOON/AM/MID TIDE Moorhen - 2 Mallard - 12 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Siskin - 12 Lesser
31 January 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Peregrine- on the edge of the Dumbles. Lapwing 1200 Golden Plover 400 Dunlin 400 Great Crested Grebe- 2 on the estuary at high tide Wigeon 400 - estuary 280 on the scrape Tack Piece Little Egret 1- moved to Bottom New Piece Wigeon 700 Pochard
31 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 31st January 2013
1 Peregrine - hunting v.high over main lake a.m. 60 Wigeon - marsh 8 Snipe - marsh, main lake, sheltered lagoon 6 Redpoll - world wetlands, wildside, entrance area 12 Siskin - wildside Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregr
31 January 2013
WOW development begins
A new development has started at Martin Mere which is the complete redevelopment of the Australasia area in the waterfowl gardens to 'WOW - Weird or Wonderful. Steve Dilworth from the grounds team is working on the project and will be writing a weekly u
31 January 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 200 Mute Swan 51 Wigeon 70 Tufted Duck 12 Canada Goose 145 Greylag Goose 5 Tawny Owl (in owl box west of the obs) Folly Pond Teal 500 Shoveler 2 Wigeon 120 Redshank 2 Snipe 4 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Saltc
31 January 2013
Uxbridge boy is inspired by Captain Scott... 100 years later
10 year old inspires a new generation Scott’s expedition in Antarctica. Courtesy of the SPRI and Herbert Ponting. A letter written by 10 year old André Rai to Boris Johnson is on its way to Antarctica as part of a
31 January 2013
Today's bird highlights
Brambling, 6 water rail, kingfisher, 12 linnet, 27 redwing, 70 snipe, peregrine, sparrowhawk, kestrel, buzzard, 110 lapwing, 135 shelduck, 143 wigeon, 78 gadwall, 51 teal, 11 cormorant, 19 little egret.
30 January 2013
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Bittern-showed well today at times. Teal 1200 Shoveler 90 Wigeon 100 Black-tailed Godwit 93 Buzzard 2 Shelduck 100 Holden Tower Peregrine 1 on Dumbles edge Lapwing 1000 Golden Plover 200 Wigeon 290 plus 600 on the estuary Fox-4, 2 vixens on hea
30 January 2013
New for the year.
First Ringed Plover of the year, three birds roving between, Vinson's and the Mere. Three Oystercatcher, 30+ Ruff and 100+ Lapwing. Most birds were lying low in the windy and occasionally squally conditions. The drake Green-winged Teal again with Eurasian
30 January 2013