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Wildlife sightings for 18th May 2012
2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 13 Common Tern - main lake 50+ Swift - site count 2 Swallow - grazing marsh 1 Whitethroat - NE reservoir lagoon Brood of sand martin chicks on [...]
18 May 2012
Avocet chicks found again
Avocets Fears mounted this morning when there was no sign of adults or the three young at the Holden Tower where the first ever young in Gloucestershire were hatched on wednesday. A lone [...]
18 May 2012
Flamingo chicks hatch at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
Six greater flamingo chicks have been born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Twenty three eggs have been laid so far this year; so the Grounds team are still expecting many more chicks to hatch in the next week for the award winning Downy Duckling Week,
17 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 9 Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 6 Common Tern - 49 Gery Heron - 70 Shelduck - 22 Swallow - 47 House Martin - 10 Sand Martin - 7 Saline Lagoon [...]
17 May 2012
Today's sightings
An avocet and a spoonbill have appeared on the saline lagoons in front of the British steel hide. Three Mediterranean gull are still present on the lagoon along with a drake garganey. Other sightings [...]
17 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 3 Tufted Duck 1 Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Mute Swan on nest Folly Pond Gadwall 4 Shoveler 5 Shelduck 3 Oystercatcher 2 Teal 3 Wigeon 4 [...]
17 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 17th May 2012
2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Redshank - marsh 15 Common Tern - main lake c. 200 Swift - feeding on site 1 Chiffchaff - singing near Sheltered Lagoon Recent bird hig [...]
17 May 2012
Today's Sightings-Phalarope
Female Red-necked Phalarope on the Top New Piece JSLees WWT Zeiss Hide RED-NECKED PHALAROPE female still present, it is a small bird and can be easy to overlook among the ducks when feeding on [...]
17 May 2012
Avocets breed in Gloucestershire for the first time
Adult Avocet with chick taken by James Lees Conservationists are celebrating after an iconic bird has bred in Gloucestershire for the first time. A pair of avocets has bred at WWT Slimbridge and two of their young hav
16 May 2012
Osprey eggs lost!
At the osprey nest, everything had been going well with the incubation until Saturday 12th of May when yet another intruder osprey arrived at the nest. It was a bird with a blue ring with white letters on it's left leg, butwe did not get a good enough lo
16 May 2012
The Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee with WWT
HM the Queen arrives at the WWT stand Despite yesterday's rain and occasional hailstorms The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated the Diamond Jubilee with crowds at a Wild London event in Richmond Park. They arr
16 May 2012
Only two weeks of the WWT photography competition Spring heat to go!
New Build by Nigel Picknell These eye-catching new photographs of Britain’s wonderful wildlife show some of the amazing array of wildlife and stunning landscapes that can be seen at WWT’s Welney centre through the
16 May 2012
Ashy-headed geese breeding.
The Ash-heads are finally fertile! After 2 years of infertile eggs 4 tiny goslings have hatched from a clutch of 6. I was always taught that if a female can lay an egg, then the eggs have the potential to
16 May 2012
Out on the reserve today
Water levels are starting to decrease on the reserve, but so far this morning all the activity has been around the visitor centre with the water vole out and about munching on reeds this mor [...]
16 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Low Avocet 7 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 2 Lapwing 5 Grey Heron 64 Common Tern 52 Common Whitethroat 2 Blackcap&nbs [...]
16 May 2012