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todays sightings
Rushy Bewicks Swan just 6 left this morning Lesser Scaup 1 ad female Pintail Still around 40. Robbie Garnett Hide Redshank 18 Wigeon 130 Shoveler 26 At feeding station Water Ra [...]
9 March 2012
Nene nests!
BAY has by far the most beautiful nest of 2012... Her 5 eggs are surrounded by a lovely layer of golden juncus and a very dense down lining. Sat on the African fence line she has done an excellent job, with 4 fertile eggs plus one that I am uncertain wi
8 March 2012
UK’s largest new wetland to be created in Somerset
Innovative plans will improve flood protection and create new habitats Planning permission has been granted to create one of the UK’s largest areas of new wildlife habitat on the Steart Peninsula in Somerset. The Environment Agency and the Wildfowl &a
8 March 2012
UK’s largest new wetland to be created in Somerset
Innovative plans will improve flood protection and create new habitats Planning permission has been granted to create one of the UK’s largest areas of new wildlife habitat on the Steart Peninsula in Somerset. The Environment Agency and the Wildfowl &a
8 March 2012
UK’s largest new wetland to be created in Somerset
Innovative plans will improve flood protection and create new habitats Planning permission has been granted to create one of the UK’s largest areas of new wildlife habitat on the Steart Peninsula in Somerset. The Environment Agency and the Wildfowl &a
8 March 2012
UK’s largest new wetland to be created in Somerset
Innovative approach improves flood protection and creates new habitats Atlantic marsh creation - before Planning permission has been granted to create one of the UK’s largest areas of new wildlife habitat on the Ste
8 March 2012
Why I otter! (or 'When Rod and Musa met a tasty-looking video camera')...
Rod and Musa (pic by Charlie Syme) Ahhhh, fame at last! Check out our cheeky Asian short-clawed otters Rod and Musa on the Sky Tyne and Wear website... http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/14262 To see more great videos, visit the Sky Tyne and Wear
8 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tde Level: Low Avocet - 6 Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 47 Redshank - 29 Shelduck - 37 Wigeon - 14 Teal - 31 Grey Heron - 44 Kestrel - 1 Stock D [...]
8 March 2012
Winter, Spring and Aurora
Many signs of spring with catkins out and Lapwing on territories, however there is still a winter feel and spectacle to the bird life around the reserve. Had a search for the Common Sandpiper that [...]
8 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 32 Wigeon 90 Whooper Swan 140 Folly Pond Shelduck 1 Oystercatcher 7 Teal 30 Shoveler 10 Wigeon 40 Black-headed Gull 2 Avenue Tower Yellowhamm [...]
8 March 2012
Wildlife sightings for 8th March 2012
2 Redshank - main lake 16 Snipe - main lake, marsh 7 Pintail - marsh, main lake 1 Red Kite - flew N 2 Peregrine - across the river 155 Cormorant - main lake 2 Skylark - flew SW [...]
8 March 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Grey Plover 6 Dunlin 45 Curlew 40 All waders on Dumbles edge at high tide Peregrine 1 Tack Piece E White-fronted Geese 81 (42 left last night) Bewick's Swan [...]
8 March 2012
Nominate your favourite wetland. Reward a hero and win a day with a warden.
WWT are looking for the unsung wetland heroes of the UK. We’re proud of the wetlands we manage, but hundreds more small wetlands exist with the support of the communities that live around them. We want to raise up and reward those who put in so much ha
7 March 2012
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE Avocet 6 Mute swan 2 Lapwing 62 Redshank 16 Wigeon 11 Herring gull 1 Black headed gull 32 Grey heron 28 Shelduck 16 Teal 32 Greylag 8 [...]
7 March 2012
Record Roost
A record roost of 9300 Black-headed Gulls on Vinson's and Sunley's Marsh yesterday evening. We usually get a 'pre-breeding' build up of Black-headed Gulls in March before they move on [...]
7 March 2012