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Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Canada goose Pink-footed goose (x4) Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Pochard Cormorant Coot Moorhen Curlew Black-tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Lapwing (x5000) Golden plover Herring gull Black-headed gull Starling
8 November 2018
Latest Sightings
Calm but cool and overcast today. No specific counts but we can approximate wildfowl numbers as follows: 600+ Whooper Swan roosting with smaller numbers in during the day. Over 3000 Pink-footed Geese roosting. Locally an adult Greenland White-fronted Goos
8 November 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 08/11/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Teal - 9 Common Snipe - 4 Redshank - 2 Kestrel - 1 Stock Dove - 3 Fieldfare - 2 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 4 Teal - 30 Wigeon - 2 Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 (male &
8 November 2018
Reserve Update Thursday 8th November
The Barnacle Geese are loving Corner field this morning. We had good numbers around the reserve yesterday with over 10,000 birds recorded during our daily counts. Whooper Swan numbers are building up again on the Whooper Pond although they are still t
8 November 2018
Wildlife sightings for 8th November 2018
1 Bittern - main lake, North shore, showing very well close into Headley hide 14:00 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 13 Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh, one flew over West 7 Meadow Pipit - flew over heading West 3 Skylark - flew over headi
8 November 2018
Walking for Health
Walking for Health is the national organisation affiliated to the Ramblers which seeks to encourage walking for a more active lifestyle and oversees local initiatives. Sedgemoor District Council runs a monthly programme of walks lead by volunteers, lastin
7 November 2018
Today's Sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Pink-footed goose Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Moorhen Great egret Curlew Redshank Lapwing Starling Tree sparrow House sparrow Long-tailed tit Stonechat Collared dove Pheasant Short-eared owl Merlin
7 November 2018
Wildlife sightings for 7th November 2018
Bittern by Maria Z 2 Bittern - main lake, North shore and South East corner 21 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 4 Water Pipit - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Peregrine - main lake island 19 1 Fieldfare - grazing ma
7 November 2018
It's a wet one
South Lake Hides A small flock of Knot were on the wader scrape briefly this morning but flew off leaving behind a flock of 135 Black-tailed Godwit huddled up against the driving rain. Also present were 125 Lapwing, 5 Redshank and 40+ Shoveler. The de
7 November 2018
Today's sightings 07/11/18
a.m. low tide Wader Lake Black headed gull 11 Teal 16 Redshank 2 Saline Lagoon Black headed gull 7 Teal 8 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 5 Great tit 6 Coal tit 4 Robin Nuthatch Greenfinch 3 Bullfinch 8 Sparrowhawk female Other birds Goshawk overhead Buzzard 2 ove
7 November 2018
Reserve Update Wednesday 7th November
Silver and Gold hide is a good place to visit this morning with over 400 Teal and 300 Wigeon out feeding around the seasonal pool in Corner field. They have been joined by small numbers of Lapwing and Black-tailed Godwit too. Elsewhere on the wader fr
7 November 2018
Green-winged Teal
A male Green-winged Teal was reported late afternoon from the Ron Barker Hide amongst Teal, hopefully it will stick around and be seen again over the coming days. The female Goldeneye was back on the Mere again today but no sign of the Scaup from yesterda
6 November 2018
Recent sightings 3rd - 6th November
Gadwall Cr. Rob Werran British Steel hide Various waders can still be seen across the saline lagoons including good numbers of Black-tailed Godwit, as well as Knot, Dunlin, Greenshank and Redshank. Across the estuary
6 November 2018
Today's Sightings
Shoveler Mallard Teal Wigeon Lapwing Green woodpecker Mute swan Whopper swan Pied wagtail Canada goose Greylag goose Black-tailed godwits Kestrel Tree sparrow Redshank Little egret Little grebe Stonechat Heron Marsh harrier Buzzard Short-eared owl Barn ow
6 November 2018
Fishy goings on! Plaques highlighting river pollution snatched
Dozens of signs, fixed near drains by schoolchildren to encourage locals to protect the Salt Hill stream, have been stolen. The disappointing discovery was made in Chalvey by WWT Conservation Officer Claire Hutchison who has been working with local commu
6 November 2018