26 Teal - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 14 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape 2 Shelduck - main lake 2 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 4 Chiffchaff - wildside 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospi
12 August 2017
Join us between 10am - 5pm today for our Bioblitz event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (part of which we manage). We will try to find and identify as many species as possible in a day. This is a free event fo
12 August 2017
Light patchy rain and another good day for waders! A Little Stint flew in with Dunlin late morning and spent the rest of the day feeding on Vinson's Marsh. Little Stint in between Lapwing and Dunlin. An influx of Avoc
11 August 2017
Song Thrush cr. Russ Myners British Steel Hide Black Tailed Godwit 692 Black-headed Gull 75 Cormorant 25 Dunlin 2 Greenshank 50 Grey Heron 2 Knot 11 Lapwing 31 Lesser Black-backed Gull 60 Little Egret 3 Mute Swan 3 Re
11 August 2017
We’re really excited to see people getting involved in our Summer Movie Competition. If you haven’t heard, all summer long we’re asking you to create a film – super simple or extravagant as you like – about being a Dusty’s Wildlife Ranger or g
11 August 2017
Greenshank Cranes x4 Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Marsh Harrier Hobby Little Ringed Plover Swallow House Martin Tree Sparrow House Sparrow Peregrine Buzzard Yellow Wagtail
11 August 2017
Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide): Shoveler 1 Avocet 5 Eurasian teal 6 Dunlin 1 Ruff 1 Redshank 22 Lapwing 74 Curlew 2 Common tern 8 Saline Lagoon: Black-headed gull 18 Eurasian teal 10 Hawthorn Wood: Lesser redpoll 2 Greenfinch 1 Blue tit 6 Great t
11 August 2017
1 Red Kite - flew NE 1 Linnet - wader scrape 3 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - wildside 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 6 Chiffchaff - wildside within Long-tailed Tit flock 1 Garden Warbler - wildside 1 Nuthatch - Queen Elizabeth Walk Additio
11 August 2017
After the rain of yesterday it is warm and Sunny here at Welney, all hides and Summer walk remain open. Sightings today: Greylag goose Mallard Teal Crane (4) Moorhen Avocet Black-tailed godwit Common Sandpiper Green sandpiper Greenshank Snipe House martin
10 August 2017
1 Green Sandpiper - main lake 2 Shelduck - main lake 3 Snipe - marsh 1 Peregrine - over marsh 1 Kestrel - peacock tower window sill and hunting over the scrape 2 Kingfisher - wildside, sheltered lagoon 6 Sedge Warbler - wildside, scrape July/ear
10 August 2017
Blue skies are probably the rarest sighting of the week so far! Its a gorgeous day here with a great selection of birds to come and see, stars of the show currently being the two Wood Sandpiper on the Tack Piece. South Lake Hides A nice mix of waders an
10 August 2017
a.m Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Avocet 2 Black-tailed godwit 3 Lapwing 100 Curlew 1 Black headed gull 10 Redshank 22 Eurasian teal 3 Grey heron 1 Little ringed plover 1 + 2 juveniles Common tern 5 Saline Lagoon Black-headed gull 18 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood
10 August 2017
A day without rain made for pleasant birding on and around the reserve today. Perhaps it was last nights weather that dropped in a mostly moulted adult Spotted Redshank that was present on Vinson's Marsh this morning. Spot
9 August 2017
WWT Slimbridge are joining forces with shorebird conservation specialists, Wader Quest to celebrate and spread the word of enigmatic wading birds on the River Severn, with the first ever Severn Wader Festival. On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September the exp
9 August 2017
10 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape 2 Shelduck juvs - main lake 1 Turnstone - main lake p.m. 1 Knot - main lake p.m. 6 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake, marsh 23 Teal - main lake, sheltered lagoon, marsh 2 Chiffchaff - South route 1 Peregrine - perch
9 August 2017