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Wildlife sightings for 11th September 2016
2 Whinchat - Grazing Marsh 3 Wheatear - Grazing Marsh, Wader Scrape 1 Hobby - Over Sheltered Lagoon 1 Peregrine - Over Main Lake 1 Kingfisher - Main Lake 12 Wigeon - Main Lake 10 Chiffchaff - Wildside, Sheltered Lagoon September bird highlights:
11 September 2016
First Pink-footed Geese arrival
Always a red letter day at the WWT with the first Pink-footed Geese of the autumn. Just five birds joining the the mixed feral Greylag and Canada Geese on the Mere this afternoon. Interesting to see if we get many more in the next day or two, although the
10 September 2016
Today's Highlights
Black-tailed godwit-16 Ruff-39 Snipe-17 Green sandpiper-2 Common sandpiper-1 Dunlin-3 Water rail-juv at Main Observatory Wigeon-5 Little egret Chiffchaff Yellow wagtail-7
10 September 2016
Recent Sightings
Redshank, Spotted Redshank and Greenshank - Cr. Laurie Allnatt British Steel Hide Greenshank 87 - NEW CENTRE RECORD Redshank 315 Spotted Redshank 1 Curlew Sandpiper 5 Ruff 1 Knot 733 Black-tailed Godwit 914 Bar-tailed
10 September 2016
Latest Sightings - Saturday 10th Sept - Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Marsh Harrier!
A fantastic morning on the reserve after last night's wind and rain. Over 2000 Teal have now arrived, with 1100 on the Folly Pond and a further 1000 in Prince Phillip's Field. Amongst them are 11 Wigeon, 3 Pintail and 14 Shoveler. Also around the site ar
10 September 2016
Today's Sightings
Rushy Teal 68 Shoveler 4 Wigeon 1 Ruff 3 Black Tailed Godwit 2 Snipe 5 Kingfisher 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Robbie Garnet Egyptian Goose 2 Greylag 167 Teal 120 Green Sandpiper 1 Ruff 1 Holden Tower Little Grebe 1 (Long ground pool)Buzzard 1 Crow 32 Wheatear 2 Blac
10 September 2016
Wildlife sightings for 10th September 2016
12 Wigeon - main lake 5 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Buzzard - over grazing marsh September bird highlights: Whinchat, Wheatear, Kingfisher
10 September 2016
Shipping agreement helps tackle problem species
(c) CSIRO A new international agreement to reduce the spread of water-born invasive species between countries due to shipping has been warmly welcomed by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Large ships take on ballast
9 September 2016
Recent Sightings
The Green Woodpecker was seen again around the Canoe Safari area in the collection, it was heard calling -'yaffling' before it was seen flying towards Marsh Moss Lane area. Grey Wagtails are being heard/seen most days now on site, a sure sign of autumn! A
9 September 2016
Todays Highlights
Cranes x 3 Osprey Ruff Lapwing Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Snipe Yellow wagtail Marsh harrier
9 September 2016
Yes the osprey is around - so are kingfishers!
Kingfisher near the boat jetty on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Nicky MacQueen On Monday & Tuesday the osprey hadn't been seen onsite and we were starting to think he may have moved on. However on Sunday aft
9 September 2016
Wildlife sightings - 09/09/16
a.m. Tide Level: High (falling) Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 28 Common snipe 14 Redshank 40 Greenshank 40 Greenshank 2 Lapwing 85 Curlew 22 Shoveler 6 Gadwall 21 Wigeon 1 Teal 36 Grey heron 5 Saline Lagoon Redshank 5 Grey heron 2 Hawthorn Wood Great spo
9 September 2016
Osprey over Arundel, sand martins over Sussex
Paul writes a column each week for local Observer Series newspapers on the latest sightings at Arundel, here's his latest article: Two weeks have passed since we first sighted a juvenile osprey over the reserve at Arundel Wetland Centre. The raptor ha
9 September 2016
Recent sightings - 9th September
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary – visible from Brent hide and Limekiln observatory An impressive juvenile Peregrine falcon was among the Brent this morning in Strangford Lough. Peregrines
9 September 2016
Reserve Sightings 09/09/2016
A windy start to the day with a couple of heavy showers. Plenty of birds sheltering on the Folly Pond, with over 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff and a single Greenshank. A few more Wigeon have arrived with 11 birds in total, as well as 400+ Teal an
9 September 2016