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Wildlife sightings for 30th January 2013
1 Bittern - flew from west end of main lake, circled around and dropped into reedbed channel 3 Shelduck - landed on main lake from Thames 60 Wigeon - marsh 15 Greylag Goose - marsh, main lake, scrape 1 Woodcock - flew S at 8:40 a.m. 2 Redpoll - south rout
30 January 2013
Dawn swan count
Bewick's swans - 3012 Whooper swans - 779 These figures are just from the Ouse washes and wetland creation site managed by WWT. There has been a marked increase in Bewick's swans since the cold snap earlier this month. Whooper swan numbers are lower
29 January 2013
Today's sightings-Wet weather returns as does the flocks
Tack Piece Once again numbers are building up here. Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 38 Ruff 8 Dunlin 500 Egyptian Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 120 Wigeon 600 Teal 300 Pintail 100 Pochard 90 Holden Tower Bewick's Swan 40 Lapwing 900 Golden Plover 200 Wigeon 350 Zeis
29 January 2013
Hen Harrier
A male (2nd year) Hen Harrier in today, 3 Peregrine, 4+ Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel. Lapwing numbers have crept up to 130, 50+ Ruff, Oystercatcher and a single Black-tailed Godwit was new in. Over 3000 Pink-footed Geese, some close, early on w
29 January 2013
Tribute to Professor Geoffrey Matthews, OBE
Prof Geoffrey Matthews, OBE It is with great sadness that the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust has learned of the passing of Professor Geoffrey Matthews at the age of 89, a pioneer of waterbird and wetland conservation,
29 January 2013
Mike Dilgers visit
I was privileged to meet Mike Dilger yesterday and I can confirm that he is an extremely nice man. He had a tour of our reserve, watched and did swan feeds, undertook some live radio interviews and posed for pictures for our local paper, as well as under
29 January 2013
January - a great time to see the swans!
As we lurch towards the end of January it seems unreal that the Bewick’s will be with us for only a few more weeks before they start to head off back to Russia next month. It seems doubtful that we will see many new arrivals now as the swans will be thi
29 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 29th January 2013
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon 62 Wigeon - grazing marsh 2 Pintail - wader scrape 66 Lapwing - main lake 1 Peregrine - mobbed on reserve then flew over to hospital Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Ruff, Woodcock, Jac
29 January 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 234 Mute Swan 50 Wigeon 50 Tufted Duck 10 Teal 4 Canada Goose 130 Greylag Goose 30 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 10 Teal 500 Shoveler 8 Wigeon 120 Redshank 40 Snipe 4 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Saltcot Merse Observatory Peregrine 1 Corner
29 January 2013
WWT welcomes move to prevent another Ash Dieback situation
(c) Trevor Renals The British countryside will be safer from invasive plants following a decision by the government to ban the sale of certain exotic species. The move has been welcomed by the Wildfowl & Wetlands
29 January 2013
Late bittern
The Bittern was spotted again at last light yesterday, drifting low across the reedbed from left to right. Come and see if you can spot him!
29 January 2013
Captain Scott letters competition inspires children
Children are encouraged to switch off their computers and go and see the “immense variety” of wildlife in Britain, in the winning entry to WWT’s Scott 100 Letters letter-writing competition. Brent Astley Richards, 66, wrote the letter to inspire the
29 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 28th January 2013
1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 2 Bittern - main lake (both S shore) 9 Snipe - sheltered lagoon, marsh 420 Fieldfare - flocks flew S,SW,W 0815-1100 hrs, then a large flock NW at 1615hrs 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon a.m., then near Observatory p.m. 2 Skyla
28 January 2013
Festival of Birds roundup and today's sightings
Festival of Birds Day 2 A huge thank you to all that visited, the weather turned in our favour and provided a great weekend of birding. At least two Bitterns showed from the Zeiss Hide on and off all day. The three Bean Geese also gave themselves up and s
28 January 2013
WeBS Count
Water levels were ok for todays count but look set to rise over the next few days with water coming down from further upsteam after the recent thaw. Highlights Smew - 1 (female) Goldeneye - 4 Little egret - 1 Bean goose - 2 Wigeon - 7065 Teal - 1316 Malla
28 January 2013