Sightings - Martin Mere
154
A Kittiwake, the 154th species of bird for the year was recorded this morning from the Ron Barker Hide. No point coming in to try and 'twitch' it as it was taken by a Marsh Harrier just after [...]
4 December 2011
Grey Phalarope again
Grey Phalarope still present 2pm at least best viewed (distantly) from the United Utilities Hide. Five Marsh Harrier (3 imm male and 2 juv), 3 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel and Shor [...]
3 December 2011
Bird News
Another excellent day's birding, with "top bird award" going to a Grey Phalarope which was seen on a number of occasions on The Mere, as well as from the United Utilities hide. At least [...]
2 December 2011
Bird News
After yesterday's record count, only a single European White-fronted Goose was seen today, although Pink-footed Goose numbers were also low compared to recent figures (however, about 1,000 geese h [...]
1 December 2011
Taiga Bean Goose
Another mega days birding on the reserve. A Taiga Bean Goose was located with Pink-footed Geese early afternoon bringing our year list onto 152 species, a new record (see report of 22nd Nov). An [...]
30 November 2011
A Quick update from the reserve
We had the pleasure of hosting the North West Bird Watching Festival this weekend, and as normal with a high number of birders around we got some great records. So let’s start off with something that we definitely were not expecting. Two summer migrants
28 November 2011
Bird News
A brief up date. A good count of Lapwing,1100 on Sunley's Marsh this morning. Raptors included 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine and female Sparrowhawk. A Red Kite was re [...]
28 November 2011
Summer migrants!
Two excellent late migrants in the form of a Swallow and a Wheatear were one of the highlights of the day! The Swallow was seen flying through the reserve by Birdfair visitors, while the Wheatear pote [...]
27 November 2011
Record Numbers
The largest flock of European White-fronted Geese ever recorded on the reserve flew in today around midday. The previous record was actually from last week with 13 birds. At least 27 were seen togethe [...]
26 November 2011
Rumour has it!!!
With autumn supposedly over we would normally use this quiet time to sit back and reflect, upon this year’s migrants. However with such mild weather around, there is still the possibility of new birds into the reserve such as the American Green-winged T
25 November 2011
More Geese
At least 10 European White-fronted Geese with Pink's this afternoon. At least 60 Barnacle Geese, although many of these birds are likely to be feral. Difficult to assess the numbers of Pink-footed [...]
25 November 2011
Bird News
A male Red-breasted Merganser seen in flight over the reserve may well prove to be the first recorded for Martin Mere. Unfortunately the bird did not land. Other sightings of interest include a female [...]
24 November 2011
Year list tops 150 species on reserve
Another quality day for any birders visiting the reserve. Difficult to call a highlight as you could choose from a number of different competing birdwatching experiences. Was it 1000+ Whooper Swan? Was it the excitement of scanning through the Pink-footed
23 November 2011
The 150th Species
Another quality day for any birders visiting the reserve. Difficult to call a highlight as you could choose from a number of different competing birdwatching experiences. Was it 1000+ Whooper Swan? Wa [...]
22 November 2011
White-fronts drop in
Six European White-fronted Geese dropped in at 2.15pm onto Plover Field yesterday with around 100 Pink-footed Geese. Also 4 Barnacle Geese with them. An early morning count showed that there are still 3,600 Pink-footed geese using the reserve with a massi
21 November 2011