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Dawn swan roost count
The reserve team went out an hour before dawn and counted all the swans that were roosting on the reserve. Whooper swans 3,864 Bewick's swans 765
9 December 2014
The Divorcee
Swan Lake was humming with life this morning with the throng of tired new arrivals as they crowded in to make the most of the supplementary grain feed. Over the last week, 36 new swans have completed their 2,500 mile journey and arrived at Slimbridge, pus
9 December 2014
Canny homes for Christmas trees
Peek-a-boo! WANTED: canny homes for Christmas trees. Our reserve staff have removed a small number of Scots pine trees from East Down as part of ongoing essential habitat management work. They* are now available to g
9 December 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very low 100% frozen at 9am Saline Lagoon Teal - 8 Redshank - 3 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch - 6 Bullfinch - 6 Blue Tit - 12 Great Tit - 10 Coal Tit - 4 Robin - 1 Blackbird - 6 Other Birds Re
9 December 2014
Today's bird sightings
British Steel Hide Grey plover, 491 lapwing, 2 spotted redshank, 12 greenshank, 13 redshank, 180 black tailed godwit, 2 bar tailed godwit, 250 curlew, 200 dunlin, 76 knot, 2 water rail, 5 tufted duck, pintail, teal, 110 wigeon, little grebe, 4 cormorant
9 December 2014
Cold morning
The Holden Tower Barn Owl 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine 2 Buzzard 2 Barnacle Goose 197 Lapwing 2000 Dunlin 180 Chiffchaff 1 The South Finger Pink-footed Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 75 The Rushy Brwick's Swan 75 The Tack Piece Common Crane 2 The Zeiss Hide Teal 500
9 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 9th December 2014
2 Stonechat - feeding on the reedbed seed heads close to the marsh border 31 Redwing - flew W 2 Redpoll - flew W 500+ Wood Pigeon - flew W over the morning 4 Water Rail - main lake, reedbed, marsh 4 Snipe - dropped in to the marsh from the N (0825hrs) &nb
9 December 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 4,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 133 High tide: 13:48 9.2m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 133 Mute Swan 45 Mallard 290 Tufted Duck 36 Wigeon 153 Gadwall 1 ♂ Teal 45 Canada Geese 126 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 240 M
9 December 2014
Today's bird sightings
Sir Peter Scott hide / Heron hide (Deep Water Lake) Red kite, 223 pintail, 13 tufted duck, 27 shoveler, 14 teal, 21 gadwall, and 2 grey heron.
8 December 2014
December Wetland birds count (WeBS)
Today Louise and Katy from the reserves team went out and counted all the wetland birds currently at WWT Welney this involves a 13 mile walk all the way around the 1000 acre reserve counting everything they see. They do this the same day as every other
8 December 2014
Hen Harrier
Late news from the weekend of a Hen Harrier that no one saw, literally! The bird was a satellite tagged bird (no information on age, sex or exact date yet) from Trough of Bowland which clearly eluded observers on site over the weekend, or did it? If anyon
8 December 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very low Shelduck - 9 Teal - 5 Wigeon - 1 Black-headed Gull - 30 Herring Gull - 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull (juvenile) - 1 Greylag Goose - 1 Saline Lagoon Teal - 5 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinc
8 December 2014
More sunshine!
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 85 Pochard 200 Pintail 150 Kingfisher 1 The Tack Piece Common Crane 7 Wigeon 700 Teal 220 Lapwing 1000 Water Rail 1 The Willow Hide Water Rail 1 The Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 80 Dunlin 170 Teal 1200 Wigeon 650 Pintail 70 Water
8 December 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 5,000 on the reserve from Farmhouse Tower Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 134 Mute Swan 35 Mallard 250 Tufted Duck 60 Wigeon 140 Teal 5 Gadwall 1 Greylag Goose 1 Canada Goose 70 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 200 Wigeon 200 Shovel
8 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 8th December 2014
2 Shelduck - scrape 3 Fieldfare - flew W over world wetlands 5 Siskin - flew W 300 Wood Pigeon - flew W (0815-0845hrs) November/December bird highlights: Woodcock, Bittern, Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Redshank, Dunlin, Iceland G
8 December 2014