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Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2017
13 Shelduck - briefly on main lake and reservoir lagoon before 10 birds flew off North 1 Brent Goose - main lake 1 Grey Plover - main lake 2 Wood Sandpiper - wader scrape 4 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 1 Whimbrel - main lake 3 Li
5 May 2017
Really Wild Weekend Spring Special at Slimbridge Wetland Centre
Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2017 Get up close to new spring life at Slimbridge Slimbridge Wetland Centre is opening its doors to a fresh spring event celebrating new life, with up close animal encounters for the whole family. Taking place on Satur
5 May 2017
Caerlaverock Green-winged Teal seen in Sweden!
Fantastic news that our regular wintering Green-winged Teal (ringed here in 2015 & affectionately known as 'Chuck') has been seen in Sweden! He is currently 1,677km away from us. Hopefully we will see him again this winter. Thanks to Johan Forssell fo
5 May 2017
Latest Sightings - Friday 5th May
We have a few new additions to the reserve this morning! Our giant LEGO® Brick animals have arrived and can now be seen across the site... Summer migrants are also arriving thick and fast. Sedge Warblers can be heard from all of the hedgerows and Avenu
5 May 2017
Todays Sightings
Common Tern by Seamus Griffin Greenshank Redshank Common sandpiper Peregrine Blacktailed godwit Avocet Golden plover Marsh harrier Little egret Cuckoo Linnet Sedge warbler Yellow wagtail Little ringed plover Common te
4 May 2017
Our call to local leaders
The General Election on 8 June will surely shape the future of our environment. That’s why we want all parties to commit to a new Environment Act with legally-binding targets to restore nature. We need to play our part in a more sustainable world. But n
4 May 2017
Northerly wind
Its a bit blustery out there but birds are braving the wind across the reserve, not least the 8 Swifts that were battling north over the Dumbles this morning. South Lake Hides The Black-tailed Godwit flock numbered 166 this morning, with the bulk of the b
4 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2017
1 Ring Ouzel (male) - reservoir lagoon NE corner 4 Whimbrel - low over wader scrape then off high E 14 Yellow Wagtail - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape
4 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2017
1 Ring Ouzel (male) - reservoir lagoon NE corner 1 Whimbrel - main lake (pm) 2 Yellow Wagtail - main lake (pm) 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 4 Redshank - main lake, grazing marsh 2 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 3 Sh
3 May 2017
Recent Sightings
Little Grebe Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 5 Grey Heron 2 Gadwall 17 Shoveler 1 Pochard 4 Tufted Duck 30 Buzzard 1 Lapwing 7 (3 chicks) Black-tailed Godwit c250 Redshank 15 Black headed gull 56 Med
3 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilt Black-winged stilt - 2 - Lady Fen Ruff - 40 males in breeding plumage and females present Dunlin Greenshank - 7 flying North Grey plover - 1 Friends hide Great white egret between Main hide & Re
3 May 2017
Hawthorn hide revamp
Hawthorn Wood feeding station and hide will be closed on Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 May. This is so that we can give it a good spring clean and make some minor improvements. So what’s involved in a spring clean of a feeding station? Well, we need
2 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 02/05/2017
AM high tide Wader Lake Avocet 17 Ringed plover 2 (pair) Black-tailed godwit 15 Northern shoveler 5 Oystercatcher 3 Redshank 4 Swallow 3 Common tern 22 Gadwall 3 Shelduck 18 Tufted duck 9 Saline Lagoon Mute swan 2 Avocet 5 Oystercatcher 1 Tu
2 May 2017
Busy week of wildlife surveys
I have had a busy week doing wildlife surveys of the reserve at Arundel Wetland Centre. During the bat survey I did last Thursday night I picked up three species on the detectors. I heard soprano pipistrelles, the rarer Nathusius' pipistrelles and Daubent
2 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2017
2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Yellow Wagtail - wader scrape bank, grazing marsh 10 Reed Warbler - South route, sheltered lagoon
2 May 2017