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Wildlife sightings for 15th December 2014
1 Bittern - SE corner of main lake, viewable from WWF hide 102 Teal - marsh 1 Pintail 425 Black-headed Gull - main lake, marsh, scrape 200 Woodpigeon - flew S 2 Stonechat - pair, marsh December bird highlights: Brent Goose, Woodcock, Bittern, Jac
15 December 2014
Short-eared Owl
Mostly raining today but the Mere did look nice after a frosty start yesterday. We are running out of time to add new species to the year list but a late afternoon Short-eared Owl is new for the year bringing the year list onto 146, which is approximatel
14 December 2014
Latest SIghtings
Barnacle Geese Around 5,000 on the reserve from Farmhouse Tower Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 140 Mute Swan 35 Mallard 250 Tufted Duck 50 Wigeon 140 Teal 5 Gadwall 1 Greylag Goose 1 Canada Goose 70 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 200 Wigeon 200 Shovel
14 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 14th December 2014
1 Bittern - SE corner of main lake, viewable from WWF hide 3 Pintail - male with 2 females, scrape 65 Wigeon - marsh 5 Snipe - main lake 5 Fieldfare - flyovers December bird highlights: Brent Goose, Woodcock, Bittern, Jack Snipe, Caspian Gull, Sto
14 December 2014
Whooper Swan
Robbie Garnett Whooper Swan 1 yearling . Ringed (BXI) as a juvenile in Iceland in 2013 this is the first time it has been seen since it was ringed. Bewick Swan 21 Whitefronted Goose 80 Pinkfoot 1 adult Wigeon 550 Teal 650 Lapwing 1090 Golden Plover 350 Ru
14 December 2014
A good year for Flamingo Lagoon
As 2014 draws to a close, it's a good time to reflect on the comings and goings in the WWT Slimbridge flamingo flocks. And particularly in the greater flamingo flock that, finally, after much nail-biting in 2012 and 2013 got settled into their new home an
13 December 2014
Daily sightings
Black-tailed godwit 600+ from main observatory Dunlin 27 main obs Marsh harrier -female 1 Bewick's swan 8 in front of main observatory
13 December 2014
Sunshine and a Barn Owl
Hard frost overnight but the waders are sitting it out waiting for the thaw. Zeiss Hide Really still conditions ideal for picking up movements from Cettis and Water Rails in the reed bed but no sign yet of a Bittern. Keep looking. The Teal are crammed in
13 December 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 6,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 136 High tide: 16:24 8.0m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 136 Mute Swan 45 Mallard 299 Tufted Duck 38 Wigeon 216 Gadwall 1 ♂ Pintail 2 ♂ Teal 47 Shoveler 14 Greylag Geese 8 Canada Geese 119 Fo
13 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 13th December 2014
1 Bearded Tit - marsh (calling from central area of old Purple Loosestrife to the W of the main weir bridge channel) a.m. 1 Jack Snipe (marsh field, to the W of the main weir bridge channel) 1 Bittern - main lake SE corner (from the WWF hide) 7 Fieldfare
13 December 2014
Bittern is back
Heron hide A bittern was seen again on deep water lake after a two week absence. It was feeding in the line of vegetation on the right hand side of the lake as viewed from the heron hide until a grey heron chased it off causing it to relocate to the Bitte
12 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 12th December 2014
30 Redwing - flew into the Entrance area and World Wetlands from the SW (0750hrs), then dispersing over the reserve 2 Fieldfare - flew N 1 Bittern - main lake N shore p.m. 80 Wigeon - marsh 1 Chiffchaff - reedbed 4 Mandarin - wildside 'grebe pool'
12 December 2014
Rain all Night = Loads of Birds
Some really great birding today after heavy rain all night. Things were drying out during the week but have now re-flooded and waders have been pouring in through the morning. A good sunny forecast for tomorrow should make for some of the best birding of
12 December 2014
Oldest barnacle goose ever recorded flies ‘five times round the world’
Barnacle goose (c) Brian Morrell WWT The oldest barnacle goose ever recorded was spotted this week at WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre on the Solway Coast. During its 30 years it will have flown well over 120,000 miles
12 December 2014
The ring binder that shaped conservation as we know it
New insights into the origins of conservation and how we classify endangered species New details have emerged at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) about how the global system for classifying endangered species - which forms the bedrock for modern co
12 December 2014