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Out on the reserve today
Glossy ibis - 1 Red-crested pochard pair Marsh harrier - 3 Peregrine Lapwing - 100 Black-tailed godwit - 60 Ruff - 5 Pintail - 10 Shoveler - 40 Pochard - 40 Meadow pipit - 6
3 November 2013
A Winter Chill
Get your thermals out, there's a proper chill in the air. The Whooper Swans know it too with 600+ on the Mere late afternoon. Most of the wildfowl present are out of their eclipsed plumage and we have good numbers of Pintail, Teal, Wigeon and Pochard comi
2 November 2013
Wildlife sightings for 2nd November 2013
1 Bittern - flew from main lake N shore into reedbed 1 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - wildside 2 Siskin - wildside 1 Peregrine - Charing cross hospital ledge October bird highlights: Garganey, Pink-footed Goose, Great Sk
2 November 2013
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower High Tide at 07.00 this morning but relatively few waders around. Some 200 Dunlin, one Grey Plover and a scattering of Redshank and Curlew. There was a big search for the Bonxie which appeared as the tide dropped towards the north of the hide
2 November 2013
Latest Sightings
7500 Barnacle Geese around the reserve. 74 Whooper Swans. Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 drake - American duck, rare visitor to the UK Teal 300 Wigeon 300 Shoveler 17 Redshank 8 Black-tailed Godwit 9 Snipe 6 Whooper Swan 10 - family with 7 cygnets Whoope
2 November 2013
Zara brings back first mate!
After a few days of closely watching the swans, we have noticed that Zara, named after Olympian Zara Phillips, has a mate! Both adults have been seen closely associating with each other and both have performed greeting rituals and defended territory as a
1 November 2013
Latest Sightings - Green-winged Teal still
Green-winged Teal still on the Folly Pond today - Quite a rare American duck. 7500 Barnacle Geese 69 Whooper Swans Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 69 Mute Swan 40 Greater Scaup 1 male Tufted Ducks Wigeon Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 male Teal Wigeon Shoveler
1 November 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Redshank - 46 Common Snipe - 3 Black-headed Gull - 64 Mallard - 32 Teal - 77 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 6 Willow Tit - 1 Other Birds Siskin (river footpath
1 November 2013
Today's Sightings
Holden Tower The Bonxie is still around, some what distantly on the estuary eating a gull with a flock of Crows in attendance. The Whitefront flock (19) were here but moved out onto the estuary and a large female Peregrine was on the edge of the Dumbles
1 November 2013
WWT-ringed goose makes record journey south
A barnacle goose who failed to turn up at his overwintering grounds at WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre in Scotland has turned up safe and well – a record 900 miles further south in Spain! It’s the furthest south that a barnacle goose has ever been rec
1 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy ibis - 1 Bewick's swan - 25 on the main lagoon at the evening feed Peregrine - 1 Marsh harrier Pintail Fieldfare
1 November 2013
Wildlife sightings for 1st November 2013
2 Bittern - both seen on main lake before one flew into reedbed 2 water Rail - grazing marsh close to Peacock tower 9 Redwing - flew SW 3 Siskin - with a flock of Goldfinch along South route 1 Peregrine - on Charing Cross hospital October bird highlights:
1 November 2013
Thank You
A big thank you to all those who call in at the in focus shop to report your sighting. This 'blog' relies on the regulars and visitors who do this, so if you enjoy reading this do pop in and tell us what you've seen. Two adult White-fronted Geese were see
31 October 2013
Out on the reserve today
Peregrine - 1 Merlin - 1 Bewick's swan - 1 (main lagoon from 3pm) Fieldfare - 100
31 October 2013
Wildlife sightings for 31st October 2013
2 Dunlin - flew W 16 Snipe - flew on to the marsh from the NW a.m. 20 Redwing - flew W 8 Siskin - wildside 4 Skylark - flew NW 4 Linnet - flew NW 13 Meadow Pipit - flew NW 1 Kingfisher - scrape October bird highlights: Garganey, Pink-footed Goose, Great
31 October 2013