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Monitoring Plant Changes Over Time
In 2015, as part of a monitoring programme funded by the Environment Agency, areas of the reserve within the 3 main wetland habitats, freshwater, brackish and saltwater were surveyed for the plants that were present. Known as the National Vegetation Class
16 July 2018
Kestrel thriving after 10 year hiatus
Kestrel juveniles by Ian Hamilton Kestrel are thriving at Washington Wetland Centre for the first time in more than a decade, thanks to funding to improve key meadow habitat. The Making Meadows project was awar
15 July 2018
Wildlife sightings - 15/07/2018
Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Avocet 10 adults plus broods of 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2 and 3 Stock dove (outside kestrel box) 1 Grey heron 9 (2 adults and 7 juveniles) Little ringed plover 4 (2 adults and 2 chicks) Lapwing 29 Redshank 13 Curlew 2 Mallard 10 Shelduc
15 July 2018
Wildlife sightings for 15th July 2018
1 Hobby - sheltered lagoon 2 Nuthatch - wildside 2 Little Egret - wader scrape 18 Teal - wader scrape, main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 3 Little Grebe - main lake 3 Sedge Warbler - g
15 July 2018
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Greylag Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Coot Moorhen Spoonbill x2 (Lyle) Grey heron Great white egret Little egret Avocet Black-tailed godwit Redshank Greenshank x2 (Friends) Ruff Lapwing Black headed gull Green woodpecker Swallow House mar
15 July 2018
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Greylag Shelduck Mallard Pintail Cormorant Coot Moorhen Spoonbill (x2) Grey heron Little egret (x22) Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Avocet Green sandpiper Snipe Lapwing Common tern Black-headed gull Starling House martin Swallow Whitethroa
14 July 2018
Wildlife sightings for 14th July 2018
1 Black-Tailed Godwit - main lake 1 Redshank - wader scrape 7 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Sedge Warbler - singing from grazing, wildside June bird highlights: Green Sandp
14 July 2018
Wildlife Sightings 14/07/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Common Tern - 140+ (54 & 80 young) Avocet - 26 (11 & 15 young) Teal - 4 Lapwing - 38 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Curlew - 1 Pied Wagtail - 4 Gadwall - 2 Shelduck - 3 Grey Heron - 5 Saline Lagoon Cana
14 July 2018
Reserve Update - Saturday 14th July
The touch of rain that we had yesterday has started to draw the waders into Folly Pond. A Little Ringed Plover dropped in for a brief visit late on last night and we currently have 16 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit and a couple of Snipe. There are als
14 July 2018
Sightings 14th July
Rushy Avocet 8ad 5 fledged young and broods 3,2 and 1. Oystercatcher 4 Shelduck large creche of 23 Tufted Duck broods of 3,2,2,2. Pied Wagtail feeding young. Holden and Walkway Green Sandpiper 8 Little Egret 1 Lapwing 4 Avocet 2 Curlew 102 on high tide ro
14 July 2018
Chris Packham’s UK Bioblitz Campaign
TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham is coming to WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, on Tuesday 17th July 2018 as part of the first independent audit of its kind in the UK. His goal is to investigate the extent to which the nation’s wildlife species
13 July 2018
Today's Highlights
Common sandpiper Greenshank Redshank Oystercatcher Avocet Snipe Lapwing Little egret-21 Spoonbill-2 at Lyle hide Ruff-9 Black-tailed godwit-30 Moorhen Coot Black-headed gull Common tern-15 Greylag geese-10 Mute swan Whooper swan Cuckoo Tree sparrow Goldfi
13 July 2018
Recent Sightings (7th-13th July)
Swans and their Cygnets Millennium Wetlands This week saw a duck count on the Millennium Wetlands to be 8 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 21 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck and 3 Shelduck. Also on the water has been 3 Little Egret, 5 Litt
13 July 2018
Wildlife sightings for 13th July 2018
1 Avocet - main lake 10 Common Tern (6 adults, 4 juveniles) - reservoir lagoon, main lake 16 Teal - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon, main lake 7 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 40+ Swift - main lake, reservoir lagoon, gr
13 July 2018
High Tide = more Dunlin
South Lake Oystercatchers 2 Avocet 2 Lapwing 11ad 1 juv Tufted Duck Brood 1 Great Crested Grebe 2 ad 1 juv Zeiss Hide Crane both adults well grown young. Ruff 6 all males in summer plumage Redshank 37 ad and 2 juvs Black Tailed Godwit 173 Avocet 54 Dun
13 July 2018