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Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide A hen harrier was seen over the saltmarsh from the British Steel hide today.
7 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 7th December 2014
1 Bittern - north side main lake 1 Pintail - female, main lake 6 Mandarin - world wetlands and wildside 60 Lapwing - main lake 2 Stonechat - marsh November/December bird highlights: Woodcock, Bittern, Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe,
7 December 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 4,000 on the reserve from Farmhouse Tower Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 108 Mute Swan 40 Mallard 300 Tufted Duck 50 Wigeon 180 Teal 5 Gadwall 1 Greylag Goose 1 Canada Goose 70 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 200 Wigeon 200 Shove
7 December 2014
Todays sightings
Main observatory Black-winged stilt - 1 on spit of land to right of main observatory Black-tailed godwit - 400 Lapwing - 200 Dunlin - 20 Redshank - 6 Ruff - 3 Curlew - 1 Whooper swans Mute swans Wigeon Teal Shoveler Pintail Pochard Tufted duck
7 December 2014
Today's Sightings
Weather: Chilly but sunny. Time: AM / Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Teal - 35 Shelduck - 10 Canada Goose - 8 Black-headed Gull - 12 Mallard - 50 Grey Heron - 1 Wader Lake Path Jay - 1 Saline Lagoon Teal - 5 Hawthorn Wood Great Ti
7 December 2014
More Swans & Geese
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 82 (but still only 5 juveniles so far) Pochard 200 Tufted Duck 280 Pintail 150 The South Finger Pink-footed Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 78 Canada Goose 200 Chiffchaff 2 The Zeiss Hide Barn Owl 1 Teal 1200 Wigeon 300 Pintail 160
7 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 6th December 2014
1 Pintail - main lake 8 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 3 Fieldfare - flew NW 15 Redwing - flew N, NW 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh November/December bird highlights: Woodcock, Bittern, Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Redshank
6 December 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake 100% Frozen Saline Lagoon/Tide - Low/Time - AM Shelduck - 1 Other Birds River Wear: Black Headed Gull - 145 Cormorant - 5 Mallard - 75 Reed beds: Tufted Duck - 36 Shoveler - 6 Coot - 3 Stream Channel: Goldcrest - 5 Long tailed Tit - 5 Treecreep
6 December 2014
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 7,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 97 High tide: 11:54am 9.3m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 97 Mute Swan 45 Mallard 76 Tufted Duck 25 Wigeon 128 Gadwall 1 ♂ Shoveler 5 Teal 8 Canada Geese 11 Greylag Geese 6 Folly Pond Green-wing
6 December 2014
Festive Fun at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
With Christmas holidays already creeping up on us we have loads of activities going on at WWT Martin Mere for the whole family to enjoy. The fun starts from Monday 22 December to Sunday 4 January. Visiting Martin mere is a great winter day out with lots t
5 December 2014
Lastest Sightings
A couple of frosty starts recently and a wintery shower today and you know it's time to dig out those thermals if you intend to spend anytime out in the hides. Good Whooper Swan numbers, always a spectacular sight, over 1000 birds present. Small numbers o
5 December 2014
Great Views of White-fronted Geese
Rushy Pochard 193 Tufted Duck 278 Bewick's Swan 64 Dunlin 1 Redshank 1 Black-Tailed Godwit 4 Holden Tower Barnacle Goose 150 White-fronted Goose 68 Wigeon 470 Teal 350 Lapwing 2500 Golden Plover 300 Ruff 1 Dunlin 250 Little Stint 2 (from Martin Smith Hi
5 December 2014
Meet Belinda who has been here 18 years
How long have you worked at Martin Mere? I will have worked here for 18 years next April – I started in 1997 at the age of 16. What was the first job you did? I worked in the cafe in a part time job while I was at college. I did everything from was
5 December 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 10 Teal - 26 Canada Goose - 10 Greylag - 1 Black-headed Gull - 42 Reed Bunting - 1 Stock Dove (meadow) - 2 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Grey Wagtail - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Teal -
5 December 2014
Wildlife sightings for 5th December 2014
1 Bittern - main lake North shore 60 Lapwing - main lake 1 Kingfisher - flew across main lake towards reedbed 3 Redpoll - wildside Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Caspian Gull (2nd winter) - main lake 4 Pintail - main lake November/December bird h
5 December 2014