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Wader Weekend Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd February
1 February 2019
Another frosty day
Opening times:10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayAnother frosty start to the day with the Reserve looking like a winter wonderland. Both the Whoopers and Barnacle Geese were late leaving their respective roosting sites with the Barnies travelling t
31 January 2019
Cold, crisp morning
Opening times:10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayIt is a cold, crisp start to the day with lots of frozen ponds. This means that Whooper Pond is busier than normal with a good range of species present including two drake Pintail. The Green-winged
30 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Saturday 26th January
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayA flock of 688 Lapwing are using the site at the moment. They are in the Corner Field just now but have also been at the Avenue Tower. A Golden Plover & 4 Dunlin mixed in with them.Now the fields hav
26 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Friday 25th January - Happy Burn's Day!
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayThe reserve has finally thawed after two days of hard frost and mist. We have been able to get out with the tractor to manage some of the rush on site, where it has begun to dominate in the Flood Gro
25 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Wednesday 23rd January - Whoopers in the mist
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayA hard frost last night has covered the reserve with ice. The Whooper Pond and Folly Pond are the only areas of open water on the site so most of the birds are using them. The Barnacle Geese are prob
23 January 2019
Today's Sightings
Bewick’s swan Mute swan Whooper swan Canada goose Greylag goose White-fronted goose Gadwall Goldeneye Mallard Pintail Pochard Teal Tufted duck Shelduck Shoveler Wigeon Cattle egret Crane Great egret Little egret Cormorant Coot Moorhen Black-tailed godwi
16 January 2019
Wildlife sightings 16/01/19
a.m. mid/high tide Wader Lake Grey heron 3 Shoveler 4 male, 1 female Mute swan 2 Shelduck 9 Tufted duck Water rail (heard at Prince's Trust hide) Teal 15 Saline lagoon Teal 3 Hawthorn Wood Lesser redpoll 4 Mealy redpoll Brambling 10 Nuthatch Treecreeper G
16 January 2019
Chiffchaff overwintering in Wildside
1 Bittern - main lake 4 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 4 Snipe - wader scrape 1 Chiffchaff - Wildside January bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Bittern, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit,
16 January 2019
Great Whites
Martin Smith Hide Chiffchaff calling from the nearby trees, two birds have been seen here lately and are probably roosting in the ivy. The Jack Snipe made another appearance along with 5 Common Snipe, if you don't see it first time it's well worth return
15 January 2019
Today's Sightings
Bewick’s swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Tundra bean goose (x3) Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Tufted duck Moorhen Crane x 4 (Friends hide) Great egret Cattle egret (following sheep o
15 January 2019
Wader Lake essential works - Jan 2019
WWT Washington's reserve team will be carrying out some essential maintenance on Wader Lake this week (Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 January 2019). The dedicated team of staff and volunteers at WWT Washington will be renewing and enhancing the existing
15 January 2019
Wildlife sightings - 15/01/19
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Lapwing 36 Curlew 19 Canada goose 10 Shelduck 21 Shoveller 4 Black-headed gull 5 Grey heron 6 Redshank 1 Teal 15 Saline Lagoon Curlew 19 Carrier crow 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 18 Blue tit 8 Goldfinch 9 Redpoll 6 Dunnock 1
15 January 2019
Siskin along the South route
2 Bittern - main lake (North shore & close to Headley hide) 6 Pintail - main lake 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Siskin - South route 1 Peregrine - hunting over the main lake 1 Kestrel - South route January bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Bitt
15 January 2019
White-fronts in the Four Score again
Rushy Hide Good roost of Bewick's Swans with 110 birds on site. One of the satellite transmitter birds (Catalana) visited Gwent (Llandegfedd/Usk) over the weekend. Martin Smith Hide No reports of the Jack Snipe today but Common Snipe, Chiffchaff and Cetti
14 January 2019