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Today's Highlights
Cranes-15 Marsh harrier Pintail Wigeon Teal White-fronted geese-4 Egyptian geese-2 Mandarin duck-male at main observatory Great egret-Lady Fen Little egret Black-tailed godwit Stonechat Redwing Fieldfare Barn owl Snipe Kingfisher Water vole
14 October 2016
Recent Sightings
Yellow-browed Warbler cr. Ray Davies British Steel Hide Yellow-browed Warbler 1 - seen in the grounds until Wednesday 12th Curlew Sandpiper 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Greenshank 30 Spotted Redshank 1 Lapwing 9 Common Sandpiper 1 Curlew c300 Dunlin c2
14 October 2016
Build a better future for Nature with LEGO® brick sessions at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre this half term
With the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) giant LEGO®brick animal trail on its way to Wales for the first time this winter, visitors to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre can enjoy a taste of what’s to come with special LEGO brick building sessions this
14 October 2016
The tides are coming
Over the next few weeks we'll be seeing some big high tides, reaching the 10m mark or more with some 3 and 4 star Severn Bores coming up the river too. The high tide this morning moved lots of waders on to the Top New Piece as viewed from the Zeiss Hide
14 October 2016
Latest Sightings 14th October - Lazy geese
The Barnacle Geese are being very lazy this morning, most of them are still out on the roost. They will hopefully get moving soon. The Great Egret was in the Flood Ground this morning, having possibly popped across to Cumbria yesterday. It has moved off a
14 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 14th October 2016
1 Goldeneye - female on the reservoir lagoon 1 Pintail - wader scrape 74 Wigeon - wader scrape, main lake 2 Stonechat - wader scrape 2 Siskin - South route Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Yellow Legged Gull - main lake p.m October bird highlights:
14 October 2016
Bird News
First Brambling of the autumn which was seen on and around the feeders at the Janet Kear hide several times throughout the day. Will it be a big year for this species? Only time will tell. At least one Redwing was in the collection area this morning, and
13 October 2016
Dinosaur Days - Meet the walking, roaring T Rex!
Join the Dinosaur Society for Dinosaur Days at WWT London Wetland Centre to discover more about the wetland superstars that wandered the planet in prehistoric times. See real dinosaur bones, discover the link between birds and dinosaurs, find fossils, ch
13 October 2016
Crane flock increases in number and becomes more regular on the reserve!
Crane family by Jane Rowe Since the start of October the crane flock has grown, so that we now have 17 individuals regularly using the reserve for roosting over night and feeding during the day. Visitors are getting
13 October 2016
Spooky Fun this Half Term
With October half term creeping up on us we have loads of spooky activities going on at WWT Martin Mere as part of our Pumpkin Festival. The whole family will enjoy spooky fun from Saturday 22 October to Monday 31 October. Visiting Martin mere is a great
13 October 2016
Today's Highlights
White-fronted goose Amazing sight and sound of 17 Cranes flying in over Lady Fen, very obligingly over the WWT Welney Centre building and onto the main reserve late morning. White-fronted geese-2 at main obs Marsh
13 October 2016
White-fronts arriving
Big increase in the number of White-fronted Geese overnight with at least 28 now on site, up from 5 yesterday. More good news is the arrival of our first juveniles, 12 in all. The tides are starting to increase now and the South Lake has been reaping
13 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 13th October 2016
5 Stonechat - marsh 4 Siskin - south route + 3 flew NW 9 Snipe - marsh, scrape (6 flew in from NW direction) 3 Meadow Pipit - marsh + 9 flew W 27 Goldfinch - south route 1 Yellow Legged Gull - main lake p.m. October bird highlights: Wheatear, Stonech
13 October 2016
Catching flamingos in Wales
As autumn is a quiet time in the flamingo calendar, it is a good part of the year to organise and run a flamingo catch. As nesting is over, and birds are not really in display mode, there is minimal disturbance to the flock. The latest WWT flamingo catch
12 October 2016
Reserve Update Wednesday 12th October
Late update for the reserve today. Plenty of Barnacle Goose activity around the reserve today, predominantly caused by overflying aircraft causing the birds to lift off the fields. At least four leucistic birds have been observed within the different
12 October 2016