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Lots of activity at the osprey nest
Yesterday morning I watched the female osprey sitting on the nest starting to re-arrange the sticks and the grassy tussocks now growing on the nest. She was flying around the nest site most of the morning then flew off returning with a fish at 3.15pm. A p
6 April 2012
Out on the reserve today
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6 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Lapwing - 17 Redshank - 14 Oystercatcher - 4 Curlew (River Wear) - 1 Tufted Duck - 12 Shoveler - - 3 Gadwall - 3 T [...]
6 April 2012
Today's sightings
White fronted goose (Greenlandrace) and pink footed goose on the NRA scrapes. Other sightings include chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackcap, 160 black tailed godwit, knot, spotted redshank, 6 greenshan [...]
6 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 6th April 2012
1 Garganey - wader scrape 3 Shelduck - main lake, wader scrape 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 8 [...]
6 April 2012
Todays sightings
Estuary (High Tide 08.00) Ringed Plover 12 Grey Plover 2 Curlew 42 Oystercatcher 4 Shelduck 120 Wheatear 1 Kestrel 2 Roe Deer 2 bucks north of viewing area. Zeiss H [...]
6 April 2012
Ducklings signal hope for world’s rarest bird
Peter Cranswick, Head of Species Recovery writes: The Madagascar pochard, arguably the rarest bird in the world, has bred successfully in captivity, building hope that it can be saved from extinction. Eighteen pochard ducklings are currently being reared
6 April 2012
Ducklings signal hope for world’s rarest bird
The Madagascar pochard - arguably the world’s rarest bird - has bred successfully in captivity building hope that it can be saved from extinction. Eighteen precious pochard ducklings are being reared at a specially built centre in Antsohihy, Madagascar,
6 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/Tide - High Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 18 Redshank - 10 Oystercatcher - 5 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 15 Wigeon - 2 Mallard - 27 Tufted [...]
5 April 2012
Curlew record
90 Curlews on the reserve today represents the highest total recorded here to date (the previous record was 74 in April 2004). Continuing the wader theme, Martin Mere's first Little Ringed P [...]
5 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 8 Pintail 2 Teal 2 Oystercather 2 Tufted Duck 30 Wigeon 16 Teal Pond Gadwall 14 Teal 2 Little Grebe 2 Mute Swan 2 (nest building) Flood G [...]
5 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 5th April 2012
5 Shelduck - scrape 4 Redshank - scrape, marsh 2 Willow Warbler - wildside, waterlife (singing) 2 Blackcap - wildside, world wetlands 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 G [...]
5 April 2012
All quiet at the osprey nest today
There has been very little activity at the osprey nest this morning. Possibly the strong north-easterly wind is proving difficult for the female to sit on her lofty perch. I did think that she would continue her DIY at the nest and wait for her mate t
4 April 2012
Treasured Scott letter finally returns to source
For Baz Stokes the idea of working with wildlife in the rural location of Slimbridge seemed like a dream as a teenager. Baz Stokes holding his framed letter from Sir Peter Scott Mr Stokes was evacuated from London dur
4 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet 8 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 12 Shelduck 23 Canada Goose 9 Shoveler 4 Teal  [...]
4 April 2012