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Wildlife sightings for 11th November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 11th November 2011

1 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Yellow Legged Gull  1st Winter - 1 Golden Plover - flew NW @ 10.10am 8 Snipe - site count 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - flew along 3r [...]

11 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 10th November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 10th November 2011

 5 Snipe - marsh and scrape    a.m. 1 Peregrine - hunting over main lake and sheltered lagoon off the river 4 Siskin - wildside 2 Meadow Pipit - marsh 2 Redpoll - f [...]

10 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 9th November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 9th November 2011

1 Pintail - female, main lake 244 Black-headed Gull - main lake 4 Cetti's Warbler - singing main lake, wildside, sheltered lagoon, reedbeds   Recent bird highlights: Bittern, [...]

9 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 8th November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 8th November 2011

1 Bittern - south side main lake 1 Shelduck - male, main lake, 14:40 1 Pintail - female, main lake 13 Snipe - marsh, scrape, main lake 2 Jack Snipe - one left side, one right side of m [...]

8 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 7th November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 7th November 2011

1 Short-eared Owl - over main lake and then flew E, mobbed by crows and starlings 1 Pintail - female, main lake 1 Peregrine - bathing in the main lake, then flew to hospital 1 Sparrowhawk [...]

7 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 6th November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 6th November 2011

1 Bittern - flew from reservoir lagoon, landed in the reeds to the right hand side of the nearest channel to the wildside hide 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh at 11:05 a.m. 1 Jack Snipe - right [...]

6 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 5th November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 5th November 2011

3 Water Rail - grazing marsh, main lake 3 Fieldfare - waterlife 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 9 Siskin - entrance 3 Chiffchaff - world wetlands, wildside [...]

5 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 4th November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 4th November 2011

130+ Teal - site count 35 Wigeon - site count 1 Sparrowhawk - wildside 1 Peregrine - hunting over main lake 2 Water Rail - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape [...]

4 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 3rd November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 3rd November 2011

1 Bittern - drinking amongst scattered reed NW corner main lake, 50M away from Headley Hide 5 Water Rail - reedbed, resr lagoon, wildside 9 Meadow Pipit - flew S 1 Rock Pipit - main lake, [...]

3 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 2nd November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 2nd November 2011

1 Bittern - flew from N side reservoir lagoon to middle channel, letting out a BOOM after landing. This is the second ever record of a booming Bittern here at the London Wetland Centre. We think the m [...]

2 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 1st November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 1st November 2011

44 Wigeon - main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 80 Black-headed Gull - main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Skylark - flew S   Additional sightings from yes [...]

1 November 2011

Wildlife sightings for 31st October 2011

Wildlife sightings for 31st October 2011

9 Water Rail - resr lagoon, wildside, waterlife and main lake 91 Gadwall - site count 1 Peregrine - main lake, hunting over high 2 Stonechat - marsh 2 Meadow Pipit - marsh 9 Redpol [...]

31 October 2011

Wildlife sightings for 30th October 2011

Wildlife sightings for 30th October 2011

Please see the whiteboard in the Observatory for all the latest sightings over the last month.  41 Wigeon - main lake, sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - flew N 32 Lapwing 2 Snipe - m [...]

30 October 2011

Wildlife sightings for 29th October 2011

Wildlife sightings for 29th October 2011

1 Peregrine - adult female, on shingle island on main lake 7 Common Gull - main lake 4 Stonechat - 2 pairs, grazing marsh 5 Cetti's Warbler - singing reedbed and main lake; calling nea [...]

29 October 2011

Wildlife sightings for 28th October 2011

Wildlife sightings for 28th October 2011

42 Wigeon - main lake, sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - male and female, edge of grazing marsh 3 Cetti's Warbler - all singing: wildside, waterlife, sheltered lagoon   Additiona [...]

28 October 2011