Sightings - Martin Mere
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
Raptors
Plenty of raptors in action today. Three Peregrine causing pandemonium amongst the 900+ Lapwing and 2000+ Common Teal throughout most of the day, suggesting that at least one of them hadn't eaten. [...]
21 November 2011
White-fronts drop in
Six European White-fronted Geese dropped in at 2.15pm onto Plover Field with around 100 Pink-footed Geese. Also 4 Barnacle Geese with Pink's. An early morning count had 3,600 Pink-footed Geese [...]
20 November 2011
Short-eared Owl and other birds
Another calm day packed with activity. A Short-eared Owl was hunting from 3.30pm. Three Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk and at least 4 Common Buzzard with two seen fighting with tal [...]
19 November 2011
Whooper swan update
There are currently 1000 Whooper swans flying into the reserve everyday for the swan feeds at 3pm and 3.30pm. We will expect numbers to start creeping up even further throughout December and January, hopefully reaching a peak of 2000. You can watch the sw
17 November 2011
Bird News
A Peregrine spent much of the day perched on the fence posts at the back of the Mere, as did a Common Buzzard. 2 Goldeneye (male and female) were on the Mere this afternoon, as, unusually was a Little [...]
17 November 2011
An excellent autumn for interesting geese
Five European White-fronted Geese with Pink-footed Geese were spotted yesterday morning with at least 3 Barnacle geese on the 14th . It's shaping up to be an excellent autumn for interesting geese on the reserve. Raptor sightings include 2 Peregrine,
16 November 2011
Bird News
A brief update. If it's your first time looking at these reports we would recommend that you look at the last seven days to get a feel for the numbers and species being seen on the reserve. On any [...]
16 November 2011
More White-fronts
Five European White-fronted Geese with Pink-footed Geese this morning. As usual the geese flocks are mobile so there is always an element of unpredictability in catching up with these birds(see wild g [...]
15 November 2011
Barnacles
At least 3 Barnacle Geese this morning with Pink-footed Geese. It's shaping up to be an excellent autumn for interesting geese on the reserve. No reports of the Euro White-fronts today but there h [...]
14 November 2011
Hen Harrier
Another excellent day on site with thousands of birds to be seen, including a female Hen Harrier which has been seen on and off for over a week now. Other raptors today included 3 Marsh Harrier, Merli [...]
13 November 2011
White fronted Geese
An arrival of 8 European White fronted Geese was notable today with 2 groups, (a family party of 2 adults with 2 juveniles and another group of 4 adults) with upto 10,000 Pink footed Geese and 900 Who [...]
12 November 2011
Raptor activity
Pretty murky conditions on the reserve for the past couple of days but plenty of activity nonetheless. Raptors in action included 3 Marsh Harrier, one with an unidentified bird (hopefully not Marbled Duck..) as prey item, was 'robbed' by a Common Buzzar
11 November 2011
Bird News
A Greenland White-fronted Goose was reported to be on the reserve this afternoon (via the internet) so we cannot be sure of the veracity of this information, although it wouldn't be a surprise. [...]
11 November 2011
Marbled duck seen on reserve
A Marbled Duck was found 4.15pm with Common Teal from the Ron Barker Hide yesterday. It appeared to be fully winged and the assumption is that it will be the same bird that turned up on the Ribble on the 4th of September. There has been a couple of furthe
8 November 2011