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Wildlife Sightings 13/8/16
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet - 4 Lapwing - 244 Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Redshank - 70 Common Snipe - 8 Common Sandpiper - 2 Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 40 Teal - 22 Grey Heron - 9 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tid
13 August 2016
Wildlife sightings for 13th August 2016
1 Garganey - main lake 40 Teal - main lake, scrape 3 Kingfisher - resr lagoon, wildside, sheltered lagoon 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 5 Sedge Warbler - wildside, reedbed 1 Garden Warbler - wildside 2 Cetti's Warbler juvs + adults - shelt
13 August 2016
Today's Sightings
Zeiss Hide Teal 84 Shoveler 32 Avocet 2 Green Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 4 South Lake Teal 42 Shoveler 21 Black Tailed Godwit 100 Redshank 23 Ruff 4 Rushy Green Sandpiper 6 Black Tailed Godwit 17 Kingfisher 1 Holden Tower Kestrel 1 Buzzard 1 Little Egret 1 Robbie
13 August 2016
Wildlife sightings for 12th August 2016
1 Garganey - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 47 Teal - main lake, scrape 2 Kingfisher - resr lagoon, reedbed 1 Willow Warbler - wildside 5 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 20 Swift 50 House Martin August bird highlights: Garganey, Hob
13 August 2016
Bird News
No new infuxes of birds over the past couple of days, but nothing much seems to have moved on either, so lots of birds to be found. 2 Green Sandpipers, 6+ Dunlin, and 8+ Ruff (including 3 juveniles) were the most interesting waders today, and Marsh Harr
12 August 2016
Today's sightings Friday 12th August
Cranes - 3 (2 Adults 1 Juv) - Lyle hide Great white Egret Little egret Golden plover Wood Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Dunlin Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Snipe Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail Kestrel Hobby Marsh harrier Buzzard
12 August 2016
Wildlife sightings - 12/08/16
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 6 Lapwing 418 Black-tailed godwit 4 Redshank 92 Common snipe 5 Common sandpiper 2 Curlew 22 Oystercatcher 4 Black-headed gull 370 Common tern 30 Grey heron 10 Saline Lagoon Black-headed gull 120 Avocet 1 Common sand
12 August 2016
Recent Sightings
Low Tide Count Black-Headed Gull 3,005 Oystercatcher 2,366 Curlew 340 Lesser Black-Backed Gull 33 Little Egret 37 Herring Gull 16 Black-Tailed Godwit 3 Cormorant 8 Whimbrel 1 Shelduck 17 Great Black-Backed Gull 6 Great Crested Grebe 9 Ringed Plover 5 &n
12 August 2016
Friday 12th August
Rushy Pen Green Sandpiper 10 Lapwing 10 Teal 19 Holden Tower Tufted Duck with Chick Shoveler 2 Little Egrit 1 Green Sandpiper Kingfisher Hide Common Crane 9 Lapwing 30+ Zeiss Hide Teal 80+ Shoveler 20 Green Sandpiper 2 Barnacle Geese 145 South Lake Hide B
12 August 2016
Latest Sightings - 12th August
Autumn migration is now underway, with waders passing through almost daily. Keep an eye out for Ruff and Green Sandpiper which have already been seen this week! Today's high tide 19:10 7.2m Around the reserve today: Wildflowers Red Clover White
12 August 2016
Sightings August 11th
Despite the wet and overcast start to the day there have been quite a few sightings on Lady Fen and the washes. Little stint Ruff Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Snipe (15 on Lady fen) Black-tailed godwit Golden plover (31 on washes) Redshank Little egre
11 August 2016
If you build it, they will come!
A specially designed hide introduced to bring wildlife and people closer together at WWT Washington Wetland Centre is proving a huge success since its opening earlier this year. The 16-sided, accessible hide was officially opened in May and promised to he
11 August 2016
Wildlife sightings - 11/08/16
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 8 Black-tailed godwit 4 Common sandpiper 1 Lapwing 220 Redshank 92 Oystercatcher 4 Curlew 2 Common snipe 3 Grey heron 9 adults + 15 juvenile Stock dove 5 Saline Lagoon Lapwing 62 Common sandpiper 2 Grey heron 3 juve
11 August 2016
Some Warbler movement.
South Lake Black Tailed Godwit 133 Ruff 4 males 1 female Redshank 20 ad 4 juveniles Shoveler 29 Zeiss Hide Teal 83 Shovelor 23 Barnacle Goose 21 Green Sandpiper 2 Little Ringed Plover 1 Buzzard 1 Reed Bunting 1 Kingfisher Hide Common Crane 3 Holden Tower
11 August 2016
Thursday update, August 11th
A Green Sandpiper is on The Folly Pond this morning, along with a couple of Black-tailed Godwits. Little Grebe adult and chick are still on The Teal Pond. Later yesterday there was a single Ruff, and the young Marsh Harrier was over Saltcot Merse again To
11 August 2016