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Eight European White-fronted Geese on plover field this morning when they flew off with Pink's at 9.50am. At least 20 Barnacle Geese feeding in Plover Field early afternoon. Grey Phalarope per [...]
16 December 2011
Lapwing surprise
Great to see a flock of between 30-40 Lapwing out on the scrape islands from the sand martin hide yesterday. [...]
16 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 16th December 2011
100+ Teal - wader scrape, grazing marsh 69 Wigeon - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - grazing marsh 1 Curlew - main lake best view from WWF hide 14 Snipe - gr [...]
16 December 2011
Flooded Fields at last !
It looks like the drought is finally over. All the fields on trhe reserve have started to flood creating superb feeding conditions for increasing numbers of wildfowl and waders. Holden Tower and [...]
16 December 2011
Sparrowhawk Surprise!
Our resident Sparrowhawk has just caught a tasty pigeon out on the Stream Channel. Visitors and staff were given a wonderful view. [...]
15 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM (70% Frozen) Mid Tide Lapwing 14 Redshank 10 Teal 71 Wigeon 9 Shoveler 5 Gadwall 2 Grey Heron 5 Hawthorn Wood Willow Tit 2 Co [...]
15 December 2011
Bird News
Despite fearsome predictions from the weather forecasters, another very good birding day, with a similar range of species to yesterday. The Grey Phalarope showed very well from the Ron Barker hide, fr [...]
15 December 2011
Today's sightings
One of the Bitterns at the Zeiss Hide this morning copyright JSLeesWWT Send us your photographs If you have any good photographs of our wildlife, we would love to publish them here. send them [...]
15 December 2011
Watch out, there's a water rail about!
A water rail has just surprised one of our wardens by dashing across his path at the ponds behing the duckery building. [...]
14 December 2011
Today's Sightings
Hawthorn Wood - AM - Weather Conditions: Dry/Cold Bird Species Blackbird - 2 Blue Tit - 16 Bullfinch - 20 Carrion Crow - 2 Chiffchaff - 15 Dunnok - 2 Great Spotted Wood [...]
14 December 2011
Bird News
It would be easy to write that the 'usual suspects' have all been present today, but that wouldn't really do justice to the huge numbers of birds that are now present on the reserve. O [...]
14 December 2011
Today's wild bird sightings
bittern [13th Dec] great white egret coming to roost late afternoon daily 47 black tailed godwit 236 lapwing kingfisher water rail wigeon shoveler s [...]
14 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond We have recently had a female Pintail coming in to the feeds. Ever since it first arrived it was straight up to us like it seemed to know the routine we have. We found that this birds [...]
14 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 14th December 2011
1 Bittern - main lake N shore 21 Snipe - marsh 11 Redpoll - waterlife/sheltered lagoon 5 Cetti's Warbler - shelt lagoon, wildside, reedbed, entrance lake 300+ Wood Pigeon - flew S [...]
14 December 2011
Today's sightings
The Rushy LESSER SCAUP 1 female still present and showing well Pochard 270 Tufted Duck 340 Pintail 260 Bewick's Swan 118 The Tack Piece White-fronted Goose 147 Grey [...]
14 December 2011