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Today's sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Low Wigeon - 10 Teal - 54 Mallard - 50 Shoveler - 2 Shelduck - 8 Black-headed gull - 117 Common gull - 4 Redshank - 11 Othe [...]
25 November 2011
More Geese
At least 10 European White-fronted Geese with Pink's this afternoon. At least 60 Barnacle Geese, although many of these birds are likely to be feral. Difficult to assess the numbers of Pink-footed [...]
25 November 2011
Looking great in the sunshine
Rushy Bewicks Swan 65 Pochard 230 Pintail 70 Grey Wagtail 1 Martin Smith Hide Water Rail 1 Snipe 6 Robbie Garnett Whitefronted Geese 55 Wigeon 350 Teal 70 Lapwing 120 [...]
25 November 2011
Thank you to The Mileage Company
The Mileage Company kindly sponsored 100 children from St Margarets CofE Primary School in Warrington to come to Martin Mere today to do some fun activities including meeting the otters, creating their own wetland critter, see the swans and go wild on th
24 November 2011
Recent sightings at Castle Espie
Refuge Light bellied brent now down to 500 within the estuary gathering close to the Limekiln Observatory at high-water. Wigeon similarly reduced to approximately 130 with northern shoveler up to 38, shelduck now approaching 1000 and up to 320 eider regu
24 November 2011
Another Divorcee and Mr Bond!
It’s been another busy week on Swan Lake with a steady stream of new arrivals, bringing yet more intriguing stories! After the arrival of one of the divorcees, Saruni, a week ago, we wondered whether her ex. partner Sarindi would arrive. We didn’t h
24 November 2011
Swan-up and duck down, dramatic changes revealed in the UK's waterbirds
Press release on behalf of the following partnership: British Trust for Ornithology; Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Natural England; Northern Ireland Environment Agency; RSPB; Scottish Natural Heritage; and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Signs o
24 November 2011
Dramatic changes revealed in UK waterbird numbers
Shoveler - Tom Hines Signs of dramatic changes for some wetland birds are reported today as some species reach their highest and lowest recorded population levels in the UK in winter. Millions of ducks, geese, swans a
24 November 2011
Latest wildlife sightings
Wader Lake AM Low tide Teal 68 Wigeon 16 Redshank 8 Black-headed gull 36 Mallard 97 Cormorant (on river) 3 Hawthorn Woo [...]
24 November 2011
Bird News
A male Red-breasted Merganser seen in flight over the reserve may well prove to be the first recorded for Martin Mere. Unfortunately the bird did not land. Other sightings of interest include a female [...]
24 November 2011
Snipe numbers on the up
Good number of snipe (16) could be seen yesterday from the ramsar hide, looking to the right on the thin strip of island. They were feeding and roosting for most of the day. [...]
24 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 24th November 2011
1 Long-eared Owl - flew over site from NW, then mobbed by Peregrine and flew off SE 4 Bearded Tit - on grazing marsh, even perched on fox fence 1 Bittern - main lake north side 1 Shelduck [...]
24 November 2011
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide BITTERN 2- one chasing off the other but both birds were still present in the reeds at 0950 One returned to the Zeiss Hide reedbed, the other near the Van de Bovemkamp hide. Teal 67 [...]
24 November 2011
Year list tops 150 species on reserve
Another quality day for any birders visiting the reserve. Difficult to call a highlight as you could choose from a number of different competing birdwatching experiences. Was it 1000+ Whooper Swan? Was it the excitement of scanning through the Pink-footed
23 November 2011
Migration surprises every day in Barnes
Red-crested pochard pair The mild weather continues to bring wildlife surprises at London Wetland Centre, including a mallard hatching eleven ducklings around 17 November. We've also seen a range of late flowering pla
23 November 2011