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Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 6,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 151 High tide: 15:39 8.4m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 151 Mute Swan 45 Mallard 290 Tufted Duck 40 Wigeon 135 Gadwall 1 Teal 40 Canada Geese 160 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 200 Mall
12 December 2014
Record Breaking Barnie!
Oldest Barnacle Goose on record seen on the Solway! WWT has been involved in a long running research project into the Svalbard breeding population of Barnacle Geese that winter on the Solway Firth. In the early 1960’s the first birds were caught at Caer
11 December 2014
A Year in the Life of the Great Ouse Wetlands
Journey into the lives of the animals and the people of the Great Ouse Wetlands WWT Welney is launching a brand new project to capture and document a year in the life of this spectacular region. We want to record the highs and lows, from the spectacular t
11 December 2014
Great views of Roe Deer
Holden Tower Merlin 1 Peregrine 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 2 Little Stint 1 Golden Plover 80 Lapwing 1500 Ruff 2 Barnacle 167 Curlew 18 Redwing 7 Fieldfare 22 Dunlin 450 Raven 1 Fields to North- White-fronted Goose 68 Pink-footed Goose 1 Adult Robbie Garnett Lap
11 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 11th December 2014
2 Shelduck - pair, main lake 88 Teal - marsh 60 Lapwing - circling the main lake 2 Stonechat - pair, marsh Late November/early December bird highlights: Woodcock, Bittern, Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Redshank, Dunlin, Iceland Gu
11 December 2014
White-winged duck breeding preparations.
For me, when it comes to white-winged wood duck, it is never too early to prepare for the breeding season... Having bred from our historic Slimbridge stock for 4 whole seasons now, it is time to change our breeding pairs. We have made sure to receive e
11 December 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 4,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 140 High tide: 15:00 8.7m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 140 Mute Swan 45 Mallard 290 Tufted Duck 36 Wigeon 135 Gadwall 4 Teal 40 Canada Geese 154 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 240 Mall
11 December 2014
Daily sighting
Black-winged stilt 1 from Nelson-Lyle hide
10 December 2014
Today's sightings (increase in lapwing)
British Steel hide 929 lapwing, 1225 dunlin, 11 greenshank, grey plover, 500 black tailed godwit, 3 bar tailed godwit, 391 knot, 45 redshank, 350 curlew, 7 snipe, 2 little grebe, 118 wigeon, 3 tufted duck, 6 shoveler, 10 shelduck and 11 little egret. Lago
10 December 2014
Little Owl new for the year.
Some weather today making viewing difficult but also bringing in the possibility of some new arrivals from the coast. Unexpectedly a Little Owl was seen this morning in the entrance of a nest box in the Doehyles cattle barn. If the visibility is reasonabl
10 December 2014
The ring binder that shaped conservation as we know it
New details have emerged about how the global system for classifying endangered species - which forms the bedrock for modern conservation began with a humble ring binder and loose-leaf sheets; influenced by WWT's founder, Sir Peter Scott. 50 years ago th
10 December 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/am Tide/low Teal - 5 Shelduck - 10 Black-headed Gull - 120 Herring Gull - 14 Greylag - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2 Teal - 30 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch - 8 Bullfinch - 8 Blue Tit - 12 Great Tit -
10 December 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 5,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 101 High tide: 14:24 9.0m - with the gale force winds and sea swell this could be quite spectacular. Aim to get to the Saltcot Merse Observatory 2 hours before high tide. Whooper Pond Whooper
10 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 10th December 2014
3 Pintail - 1 male, 2 females, scrape 43 Wigeon - marsh 2 Stonechat - pair, marsh 6 Redpoll - flew E along south route Late November/early December bird highlights: Woodcock, Bittern, Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Redshank, Dunlin
10 December 2014
More sunshine birding
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 75 Pochard 200 Tufted Duck 300 The Tack Piece Common Crane 7 Wigeon 800 Teal 300 Lapwing 900 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Marsh Harrier 1 Buzzard 2 Lapwing 1800 Dunlin 500 The Zeiss Hide Teal 700 Black-tailed Godwit 150 The Willow
10 December 2014