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A brief up date. A good count of Lapwing,1100 on Sunley's Marsh this morning. Raptors included 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine and female Sparrowhawk. A Red Kite was re [...]
28 November 2011
Today's wild bird sightings
3 great white egret (two on estuary/one over scrapes) 29 black tailed godwit 7 snipe 575 lapwing 302 wigeon 311 pintail 113 shoveler mallard pochard [...]
28 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 Teal 849 Wigeon 1226 Black-tailed Godwit 52 Pintail 13 Shoveler 34 Snipe 7 Redshank 2 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 15 Wigeon 89 Pintail 1 Tu [...]
28 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 28th November 2011
65 Wigeon - main lake and marsh 1 Shelduck - scrape 1 Pintail - main lake 1 Peregrine - hunting over main lake, then flew E 3 Lesser Redpoll - feeding with Goldfinches in waterlif [...]
28 November 2011
Summer migrants!
Two excellent late migrants in the form of a Swallow and a Wheatear were one of the highlights of the day! The Swallow was seen flying through the reserve by Birdfair visitors, while the Wheatear pote [...]
27 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 27th November 2011
1 Shelduck - scrape 1 Pintail - male, main lake 1 Bittern - north shore reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - sat on main lake long shingle island 10+ Siskin - explore feeders 2 Lesser Re [...]
27 November 2011
Eric! Bending beaks.
Introducing my favourite flamingo photo to date... They truly are so wonderful with those soft little eyes and geeky aspect. Having becoming weaned from syringe food (and regretting it almost constantly) number 2's beak started to bend almost over
26 November 2011
Record Numbers
The largest flock of European White-fronted Geese ever recorded on the reserve flew in today around midday. The previous record was actually from last week with 13 birds. At least 27 were seen togethe [...]
26 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 26th November 2011
1 Shelduck - scrape 1 Pintail - main lake 2 Peregrine - on long shingle island on main lake 1 Buzzard - flew NW at 14:30 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 14 Common Snipe 49 Lapwing - main [...]
26 November 2011
Todays sightings
Holden Tower Grey Plover 20 Golden Plover 900 Lapwing 3000 Peregrine 1 Linnet 80 Rushy Bewicks 40 (92 last night) Pochard 208 Pintail 70 Grey Wagtail 1 Robbie Garnett Hid [...]
26 November 2011
Studies point to rapid changes in the waterbird world, but what does it mean for conservation?
Two studies hitting the news this week have highlighted big changes for waterbirds. On Monday, a Finnish study measured how much later wildfowl in Northern Europe are setting off on their autumn migrations. Yesterday, the State of the UK’s Birds reports
25 November 2011
Starling murmuration at WWT Llanelli - video
This fantastic video was filmed this week at WWT Llanelli by Barry Stewart. It shows tens of thousands of starlings in the sky above the centre. Visitors are currently enjoying watching the starlings forming flocks from around 3.30pm onwards. [yframe ur
25 November 2011
PORTRAITS fashion to feathers
Justin de Villeneuve photographic exhibition at London Wetland Centre An elegant new exhibition - PORTRAITS fashion to feathers - at WWT London Wetland Centre pairs images of models and rock stars with exotic birds and highlights some striking similarit
25 November 2011
Rumour has it!!!
With autumn supposedly over we would normally use this quiet time to sit back and reflect, upon this year’s migrants. However with such mild weather around, there is still the possibility of new birds into the reserve such as the American Green-winged T
25 November 2011
Dawn swan count
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25 November 2011