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Wildlife sightings for 14th 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

Wildlife sightings for 13th 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

Wildlife sightings for 12th 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

Wildlife sightings for 11th 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

Wildlife sightings for 10th 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

Wildlife sightings for 9th 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

Wildlife sightings for 8th 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

Wildlife sightings for 7th 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

Wildlife sightings for 6th 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

Wildlife sightings for 5th 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

Wildlife sightings for 4th December 2014

Wildlife sightings for 4th December 2014

2 Brent Geese - flew SE (0815hrs) 1 Bittern - main lake SE corner (from the Peacock Tower) 62 Lapwing - main lake 3 Meadow Pipit - flew W   November bird highlights: Woodcock, Bittern, Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Redshank, Dunlin,

4 December 2014

Wildlife sightings for 3rd December 2014

Wildlife sightings for 3rd December 2014

1 Bittern - main lake 3 Pintail - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - marsh (near to the weir bridge) 2 Chiffchaff - wildside 5 Redwing - wildside hedges 1 Peregrine - charing cross hospital ledge 3 Redpoll - flew between wildside and world wetlands November bird hi

3 December 2014

Wildlife sightings for 2nd December 2014

Wildlife sightings for 2nd December 2014

1 Bittern - main lake N shore 3 Pintail - main lake 4 Mandarin - World wetlands 4 Water Rail - 1 Chiffchaff - wildside 1 Kestrel - 1 Peregrine - over reserve November bird highlights: Bittern, Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Redshank, Dunli

2 December 2014

Wildlife sightings for 30th November 2014

Wildlife sightings for 30th November 2014

1 Woodcock - flew NW across wildside from the grassland by the wildside gates (1650hrs) 1 Jack Snipe - far field (from Peacock Tower) to the left of the main channel leading to the weir bridge (1300hrs) 2 Bittern - main lake N shore 2 Stonechat - marsh 6

30 November 2014

Wildlife sightings for 29th November 2014

Wildlife sightings for 29th November 2014

1 Goldeneye - (male) sheltered lagoon 1 Kingfisher - main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - Queen Elizabeth's walk 1 Peregrine - wader scrape 5 Cetti's warbler 1 Red Kite - flew low SW 1 Redpoll 1200 Wood Pigeon - flew SW 1 Meadow Pipit Novembe

29 November 2014