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Latest Sightings - 3rd December - Christmas Fayre Tomorrow
A brighter morning on the reserve. There is a huge flock of Whooper Swans in a field along the road to Brow Well, so keep an eye out as you drive in this morning. Join us tomorrow afternoon at our Christmas Fayre, 1-4pm. There will be a variety of festive
3 December 2016
Wildlife sightings for 3rd December 2016
1 Marsh Harrier - flew in from W, then headed NE across the marsh 3 Water Rail - calling from the reedbed and sheltered lagoon 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 8 Pintail - wader scrape 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 1 Yellow-legged Gull 1st winter - main
3 December 2016
Bird News
The Green-winged Teal was again present in front of the Ron Barker hide throughout the day. Bird of the day however was an Egyptian Goose which appeared on the Mere mid-morning and spent the next couple of hours moving around the reserve before retuning t
2 December 2016
Marsh Harrier
Temperatures slowly increasing but most of the reserve still frozen so rather quiet with the bulk of activity around the open water of the Rushy and South Lake and distantly on the estuary. Flocks of waders and Wigeon starting to return to the scrapes an
2 December 2016
Old Reunions!
This weekend, hundreds of swan enthusiasts will be heading out to wetland sites and other swan hotspots across Europe to take part in an international age census of Bewick’s swans. Their main task, aside from trying to stay warm (!), will be to determin
2 December 2016
Santa meets GIANT LEGO brick animals at WWT Llanelli
As Santa prepares to fly in to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre to help feed the birds this winter, he’s got more than he bargained as he meets the nine, giant LEGO brick animals! The giant LEGO brick animals – some up to twelve times life size - have bee
2 December 2016
Have you been to an evening swan feed yet?
Badger at the floodlit swan feed The evening floodlit swan feeds are the best chance to see large numbers of swans at a feed, as the swans have returned from the surrounding fields where they have spent the day feedin
2 December 2016
Wildlife sightings - 02/12/16
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Shelduck 4 Teal 10 Redshank 12 Lapwing 1 Kestrel (meadow) pair 2 Redwing (hedgerow) 26 Mistle thrush 2 Bullfinch 4 Saline Lagoon Curlew 14 Teal 9 Jay flew over 2 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Coal tit 5 Great tit
2 December 2016
Wildlife sightings for 2nd December 2016
1 Bittern - briefly in wildside before flying off towards the reservoir lagoon 5 Pintail - main lake 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh very close to the wildside hide 4 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 2 Siskin - flew SW Nove
2 December 2016
Recent Sightings
Treecreeper Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Red Kite 1 Tawny Owl 1 Barn Owl 1 Green Woodpecker 1 Treecreeper 1 Pintail 1 Little Grebe 1 Mute Swans 4 Tufted Duck 1 Buzzard 1 Grey Heron 1 Cormorant 1 Sparrow Hawk 1
2 December 2016
Latest Sightings - 2nd December
Overcast and a bit dull this morning, but dry at the moment. Teal and Wigeon numbers are still quite good. The Whooper Swans are feeding in surrounding fields so numbers on the reserve have dropped a bit. 2 juvenile Greater Scaup are on the Whooper Pond w
2 December 2016
Recent sightings - 2 December
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +300, Shelduck + 400, Oystercatcher +100, Curlew 10, Redshank 20, Pintail 1, Little egr
2 December 2016
Follow that Goose !
Not much bird news over the last couple of days, other than a "small group" of Bramblings on the feeder in front of the Janet Kear hide early yesterday morning. However, they were not seen later in the day. Marsh Harriers, Peregrine, and Common Buzzard co
1 December 2016
Immersive play areas key to getting children involved
Making sure children are involved in nature is key to ensuring the future of wildlife . . . and that message is being wholeheartedly embraced by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) centres at Slimbridge and Castle Espie, where special immersive play areas
1 December 2016
Wildlife sightings - 01/12/16
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Shelduck 6 Teal 22 Redshank 10 Stock dove 2 Kestrel 1 Redwing 24 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 1 Teal 7 Hawthorn Wood Long-tailed tit 8 Willow tit 1 Coal tit 7 Blue tit 21 Great tit 9 Nuthatch 1 Bullfinch 16 Chaffinch 19 Greenfinc
1 December 2016