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Wildlife Sightings - 15/01/17
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake (80% Frozen) Black-headed Gull - 1 Eurasian Teal - 4 Kestrel - 1 Saline lagoon Curlew - 31 Wigeon - 5 Peregrine (Fly Over) - 1 Shelduck - 1 Gadwall - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 14 Chaffinch - 7 Great Tit - 4 Robin - 2 Dunn
15 January 2017
Wildlife sightings for 15th January 2017
1 Bearded Tit - main lake from Headley Hide 5 Bittern - 4 main lake + 1 on reservoir lagoon 2 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Caspian Gull - wader scrape 7 Pintail - main lake, scrape 2 Water Pipit - marsh (feeding on the edges of the ice) 2 Yellow-legged
15 January 2017
Today's Highlights
Barn owl Fieldfare Whooper swans Bewick swans Pochard Teal Wigeon Tufted duck Shoveler Shelduck Mallard Lapwing Little egret Black-tailed godwit Moorhen Reed bunting Goldfinch Chaffinch Tree sparrows Canada geese Egyptian goose (grey morph) Kestrel Kingfi
14 January 2017
Sightings
An excellent day on site, the European Whitefronted Goose was present in the morning with Pink-footed Geese before flying off. Also the drake Green-winged Teal was again from Ron Barker Hide. A Great White Egret flew through the site early morning heading
14 January 2017
Bright frosty morning but thawing rapidly
Holden Tower High tide at 09.30 this morning pushed 1000 Wigeon onto the Dumbles edge. There were 180 Barnacle and 100 Canada Geese but no sign of the Brent so far. There were 20 GBB Gulls in the roost and 14 Redshank scattered along the edge. At least 6
14 January 2017
Latest Sightings - 14th January - American Wigeon still here!
Another frosty morning, but the sun is out and the ice is melting. The drake American Wigeon is asleep on the Flood Ground at the moment, visible from the Avenue Tower. Todays high tide is at 13:30, 9.8m Around the reserve today: Barnacle Geese: 7000 Wh
14 January 2017
Wildlife sightings for 14th January 2017
4 Bittern - main lake, reedbed 6 Pintail - main lake 58 Lapwing - main lake 15 Fieldfare - entrance area 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Siskin - wildside 1 Stonechat - marsh December bird highlights: Bittern, Jack Snipe, Bearded Tit, Buzzard, Peregrin
14 January 2017
Recent Sightings!
Pintail Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 2 Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 2 Mute Swan 2 Shelduck 3 Wigeon 11 Gadwall 65 Teal 35 Mallard 31 Pintail 12 Shoveler 40 Tufted Duck 28 Water Rail 1 Moorhen 5 Coot 48 L
13 January 2017
Wildlife sightings - 13/01/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low-mid Wader Lake Curlew 150 Eurasian teal 20 Shelduck 8 Black-headed gull 43 Herring gull 5 Saline lagoon Curlew 20 Wigeon 2 Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 10 Blue tit 3 Dunnock 4 Chaffinch 11 Bullfinch 15 Great spotted woodpecker 1
13 January 2017
Recent sightings - 13th January
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide, and in a cold morning which started with a very thin snow layer, not lasting very long. Estuary Oystercatcher 400, Curlew 40, Redshank 20, Shelduck +400, Brent geese 5
13 January 2017
Waders in the wind
Despite the cold temperatures, light dusting of snow and gusty winds we've still got a great mix of waders around the reserve today, many braving the ice to wait out this morning's big high tide. South Lake Hides A large chunk of the wintering Lapw
13 January 2017
Wildlife sightings for 13th January 2017
2 Bittern - main lake South & East shores 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 15 Fieldfare - sheltered lagoon at dusk December bird highlights: Bitte
13 January 2017
Latest Sightings - 13th January
After a cold night, the sun is out and the reserve looks great. Plenty of birds on the Whooper Pond, but the sun is just in the wrong place for counting the Folly Pond. The Green-winged Teal and American Wigeon could be out there but we can't see them at
13 January 2017
Bird News
Few reports coming in from around the reserve at the moment, as the weather seems to be keeping many paople indoors. However there are still lots of birds around for those who put on an extra jumper ! A single European White-fronted Goose was with a small
12 January 2017
Name a swan
WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre currently have 1360 Whooper swans using the reserve with hundreds of them coming in for the daily swan feeds at 3pm and 3.30pm. Over the next two months, Martin Mere is running a competition for our visitors to name swan ‘
12 January 2017