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Wildlife sightings - 11/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 11/12/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Teal 4 Shelduck 5 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Redshank 1 Black-headed gull 40 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Blue tit 9 Coal tit 2 Bullfinch 6 Great tit 5 Jay 1 Chaffinch 4 Other birds Mandarin duck - 1 - Close Encou

11 December 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag geese Pintail Pochard Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Shoveler Shelduck Mallard Coot Moorhen Lapwing Black tailed godwit Curlew Golden plover Water rail Great black backed gull Black headed gull Robin Blue ti

11 December 2018

A great variety of winter birding

A great variety of winter birding

1 Bittern - main lake North shore 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 12 Redwing - entrance area   November bird highlights:

11 December 2018

Water rails and green woodpecker near Scrape hide

Water rails and green woodpecker near Scrape hide

  Water rail outside the Scrape hide in the Trumpeters pen. Pic: Romney Turner Snapshot of recent sightings from around the reserves  by our wardens (common species like mallards,  greylag and Canadian geese an

11 December 2018

Monday sightings

Monday sightings

Holden Tower The Great Skua was seen on the estuary again today. At least 10 Cranes and two Peregrine were also present on the Dumbles. 10 Redwing and 25 Fieldfare flew from the hedges this morning with Reed Bunting also in the same area. The Barnacle Gee

10 December 2018

Webs Count for 10th December + other sightings

Webs Count for 10th December + other sightings

Whooper swan                - 63 Mute swan                       - 37 Canada geese                   - 234 Greylag geese                   - 418 Pink-footed geese         

10 December 2018

Recent Sightings €- 10th December 2018

Recent Sightings €- 10th December 2018

Count taken at low tide this morning. We've been very fortunate of late to have regular views of the Kingfisher over the Wadermarsh in the mornings. Its being seen regularly sitting on posts around the sluice area. Keep an eye out for this bird from the B

10 December 2018

Good numbers of Water Rail on this mornings survey

Good numbers of Water Rail on this mornings survey

14 Water Rail - site count 2 Bittern - main lake North shore 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 3 Shelduck - main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Pintail - main lake 6 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 14 Mandarin

10 December 2018

Wildlife sightings - 10/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 10/12/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Shelduck 1 Greater black-backed gull 1 Water rail 1 (seen from Diageo hide) Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Grey heron 1 Water rail 1 (heard from river reedbed) Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 5 Great tit 6 Coal tit 2 Willow tit 1 Bullfin

10 December 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Barnacle goose Taiga bean goose (x3) Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Tufted duck Cormorant Coot Moorhen Great egret Curlew Black-tailed godwit Ru

9 December 2018

Bonxie alert!

Bonxie alert!

A Great Skua (or Bonxie) flew through the Top New Piece and passed very close to the Zeiss Hide this morning. It flushed all the birds on the flood and field and the Great Black-backed Gull roost as it headed back out. It was relocated off Frampton on S

9 December 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Teal Pintail Pochard Wigeon Shoveler Shelduck Tufted duck Mallard Ringed teal (Escapee) Gadwall Cormorant Coot Moorhen Great white egret Curlew Black tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Lapwing Golden plo

9 December 2018

Snipe showing well in the rain

Snipe showing well in the rain

Snipe by Romney Turner 1 Bittern - main lake North shore 3 Shelduck - main lake 6 Redwing - entrance area 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh   November bird highlights: S

9 December 2018

Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl

We have a couple of pairs of Tawny Owl on site, one pair at opposite ends of the reserve. The pair near the Kingfisher Hide have been elusive, but today one bird has returned to the regular roosting site allowing visitors to get a look (through ivy) at th

8 December 2018

8th December 2018 Sightings.

8th December 2018 Sightings.

Rushy At least 47 Bewick`s overnight combined With hundreds of Ducks and Geese is creating quite a spectacle on the 4pm feeds and the floodlit evening swan suppers a great time to come and see this spectacle. Some 16 Snipe along the left hand edge of the

8 December 2018