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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 15 Curlew - 1 Oystercatcher - 4 Common Sandpiper - 2 Little Ringed Plover - 4 Black-headed Gull - 70 Common Tern - 200+ Shoveler - 1 + 3 ducklings Grey Heron - 3 Redshank - 15 Barn Swallow - 7 S
24 July 2016
Hobby
A good raptor day with 5 species recorded. Hobby hawking for insects high to the right of the Ron Barker Hide. An immature male Marsh Harrier was mobbed by 3 Raven, at least 3 Common Buzzard, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk today. Barn Owl roosting in the barn op
23 July 2016
Wildlife sightings for 23rd July 2016
1 Black-Tailed Godwit - feeding on the wader scrape 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 4 Common Tern - main lake 2 Kingfisher - wader scrape July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Whimbrel, Hobby, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Green S
23 July 2016
Reserve Update Saturday 23rd July
Both osprey chicks have now taken their maiden flights, they will need a bit more practice before they attempt their long journey south! It will be interesting to see where they end up this winter. A little egret was spotted back at Folly Pond first thi
23 July 2016
Green Sandpipers
A brief summary. Green Sandpipers (2) still showing well from the Hale Hide. Plenty of waders to be seen tucked away across the reserve although without a telescope some of the viewing will be limited. Marsh Harrier was the pick of the raptors, hunting on
22 July 2016
Weekly sightings 22nd July
After some really warm weather the insects have made a noticeable appearance. Star of the show is probably the amount of Red admirals. Other butterflies currently on the wing include Brimstone, Meadow brown, Gatekeeper and Ringlet. Brown hawkers have jo
22 July 2016
Tribute to waterbird research pioneer
A tribute to Hugh Boyd who has sadly passed away, aged 91. Our thoughts are with his family. With the recent death of Hugh Boyd, the world of wildfowl and wetland conservation has lost one of its true pioneers and a mentor to a generation of waterbird res
22 July 2016
Wildlife sightings - 22/07/16
a.m. Tide level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 17 Lapwing 8 Common tern 200+ Common sandpiper 1 Little ringed plover 4 Shoveler 4 Black headed gull 45 Saline Lagoon Black headed gull 20 Lapwing 17 Common Sandpiper 1 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch 8 Greenfinch 6 Blue tit
22 July 2016
Reserve Update 22nd July - Ospreys fly
The first osprey chick made its maiden flight yesterday and has been away from the nest this morning. The second chick is making tentative hops and flutters towards joining its sibling today but is yet to take off. It has chosen to pick one of the mos
22 July 2016
Recent Sightings, British Steel Hide
Black-Tailed Godwit 402 Curlew 553 Redshank 193 Greenshank 34 Dunlin 53 Lapwing 43 Whimbrel 33 Ruff 1 Knot 13 Black-Headed Gull 540 Lesser Black-Backed Gull 167 Mediterranean Gull 12 Common Gull 1 Herring Gull 8 Swallow 45 Swift 25 Pied Wagtail 1 Blackc
22 July 2016
Wildlife sightings for 22nd July 2016
1 Common sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 1 Little Egret - wader scrape 4 Common Tern - main lake, middle reedbed channel 5 Green Wood pecker - 3 juveniles sheltered lagoon 1 Hobby - main lake July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Whimbrel, Hobby, R
22 July 2016
News of the Week from Castle Espie
This week at Castle Espie we welcomed two surprise visitors. Two Dexter Cows have moved on to the reserve for the summer months as part of Castle Espie’s grazing and conservation programme. We ran a competition on our Facebook page and are happy to anno
22 July 2016
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22 July 2016
You've been Attenborough'd!
This is the moment naturalist and wildlife presenter Sir David Attenborough surprised WWT member Lizzie Guntrip by saying hello on a visit to London Wetland Centre. David was at the wetland centre in Barnes to launch the 2016 Big Butterfly Count, a nation
21 July 2016
Flamingo chicks hatch at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre
The first flamingo chicks of this year have hatched at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre! Six fluffy Caribbean chicks are already popular residents of the Wetland Centre in Penclacwydd, with more due to hatch in the coming weeks. The chicks are beginning to tak
21 July 2016