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Todays Sightings
Avenue & Meadow Walk LESSER WHITETHROAT (unusual bird here at Caerlaverock) Common Whitethroat Sedge Warbler Blackcap Willow Warbler Chiffchaff Reed Bunting Skylark Meadow Pipi [...]
21 May 2012
Today's sightings
South lake Sacred Ibis 1 flew over flying towards the Top New Piece The Zeiss Hide Greenshank 1 Kingfisher Hide Avocet 2- With young The Holden Tower Common Crane 4 Curle [...]
21 May 2012
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake - AM Avocet - 9 Oystercatcher - 2 Lapwing - 4 Common Tern - 55 Shelduck - 30 Shoveler - 2 Grey Heron - 43 Tufter Duck - 31 House Martin - 12 Swa [...]
20 May 2012
Montagu's Harrier still
The adult male Montagu's Harrier is still in the area, early morning it was at Hesketh Out Marsh but reappeared at Martin Mere around 11am before flying towards Ron Barker hide, it was later seen [...]
20 May 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve On the 20th May sightings on the estuary included 350 oystercatchers, 2 grey plover, and 12 dunlin. Sightings on the saline lagoon included a pair of red breasted mergansers, 2 common tern [...]
20 May 2012
Wildlife sightings from 20th May 2012
1 Shelduck - scrape 1 Hobby - over site 1 Kestrel - over site 2 Little Ringed Plover - marsh and main lake 1 Redshank - marsh 3 Little Grebe chicks - middle reedbed channel, left h [...]
20 May 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Dumbles over high tide The 4 Cranes are still commuting between here and a field to the N, they had roosted further up the Severn at GWT Hasfield Ham last Weds/Thursday. Sa [...]
20 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Shelduck - 10 Tufted Duck - 15 Gadwall - 1 Shoveler - 1 Oystercatcher - 4 Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 10 Gery Heron - 30 Common Tern - 55 Swallow - 20 L [...]
19 May 2012
Magic day!!
The day got off to a cracking start with a fine adult male Montagu's Harrier distantly from the In Focus shop, fortunately it was on and off the reserve until early afternoon enabling many l [...]
19 May 2012
May 19th 2012
Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff still singing from the Peter Scott Trail, despite the cold easterly wind. Further Willow Warblers and Blackcaps and Sedge Warblers from the two avenues an [...]
19 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 19th May 2012
1 Shelduck - wader scrape 4 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Redshank - grazing marsh 15 Common Tern - main lake 2 Chiffchaff - both singing wildside, sheltered lag [...]
19 May 2012
Todays sightings
Holden Tower A good high tide this morning and will be even better tommorrow. Crane 4 feeding on the dumbles 08.30. Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing broods and incubating birds acrossd the Dumbles. [...]
19 May 2012
Teacher's Open Day at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre
Tour the reserve and preview the education sessions on Sunday 27 May. WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is holding an Open Day for teachers on Sunday 27 May from noon - 3 pm. Teachers can register in advance to visit the reserve for a tour and a preview of the e
18 May 2012
Mute swans tower above recent floods
Mute swan nest in flood As flooding affects the nesting season on the Ouse washes at WWT Welney, one pair of swans are towering above the lapping water. A determined pair of mute swans are refusing to lose their nest
18 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Low Tide Avocet 7 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 6 Grey Heron 57 Common Tern 42 Shelduck 19 Shoveler 2 Gadwall&nb [...]
18 May 2012