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Plenty of activity around the reserve as milder condition take hold. The Mere was ice free by the afternoon so no amusing crash landing ducks as of recent days.. As usual lots of raptors hunting a [...]
13 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 13th February 2012
3 Bittern - main lake N shore, middle reedbed (perched in dead willow) and resr.lagoon N shore 0815-0940 [...]
13 February 2012
Today's sightings
The female Lesser Scaup has been showing very well on the Rushy this week, image taken by JSLeesWWT The Rushy LESSER SCAUP 1 Bewick's Swan 193 Pintail 331 Pochard 402 Tufted Duck [...]
13 February 2012
Nene nesting has begun!
On the 29th of January, BBF broke her own record for the earliest laid Nene egg at Slimbridge. Upon approaching her nest that morning expecting to see glorious egg number 1, I was thrilled to see that it was in fact egg number 3! Needing a minimum of 40
12 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Lapwing - 14 Black Headed Gull - 71 Shelduck - 6 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 6 Black Headed Gull - 12 Reservoir Shelduck - 26 Coot - 5 Moorhen - 3 Tuf [...]
12 February 2012
Bittern Again
A Bittern flew out of the reeds by the Janet Kear Hide and over the trees dropping in the reeds, along the cut to the right of the path, before the Harrier Hide. We would assume it was the same bird s [...]
12 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Swan Whooper Swan 150 Wigeon 50 Teal 2 Shoveler 1 Folly Pond Shelduck 1 Teal 20 Wigeon 50 Avenue Tree Sparrow 2 Yellowhammer 10 Reed Bunting 20 [...]
12 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 12th February 2012
3 Bittern - north side of reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Goosander - red-head (female or juvenile), skidded on the ice on the main lake, flew N at 3:00 p.m. 8 Pintail - reservoi [...]
12 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake 100% Frozen Lapwing - 14 Black Headed Gull - 36 Grey Heron - 7 Saline Lagoon Black Headed Gull - 22 River Goosander - 1 Cormorant - 1 Teal - 32 Mall [...]
11 February 2012
Todays Sightings
This morning has started with a horrible mist and very fine rain, making veiwing long distances a little bit tricky. Therefore, I cannot even guess to how many Barnalce Geese are on the reserve today. [...]
11 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 11th February 2012
3 Bittern - at dusk, 1 roosting up a tree, N side reservoir lagoon, 2 roosting in separate alders in reedbed 9 Pintail - 7 males 2 females, reservoir lagoon 3 Mandarin - collection 1 Red K [...]
11 February 2012
Todays sightings
Very hard frost -6 overnight so most areas frozen. Concentrations of birds at Rushy and South Lake. Dumbles good from Holden tower and feeding opportunities should improve through the day as the g [...]
11 February 2012
Witness a flurry of feathers this half term at WWT Welney!
Welney regular Baldur (U5B), his mate U5S, and last year's brood of 7 cygnets. David Featherbe See some feathery favourites at the floodlit swan feeds such as Baldur, Wimble and Toby Two! As well as catching u
10 February 2012
An update on Wizzy the beaver
I often get asked when I walk around how Wizzy our young beaver is that we have hand reared. The answer is that he is doing very well. He is still in his own area that isn't accessible for visitors, but he is growing nicely. At the moment he is often st
10 February 2012
Love a goose at Slimbridge this Valentine’s Day
A Pair of Nenes taken by Dominic Heard Couples will be able to admire our love birds if they make a Valentine’s visit to Slimbridge Wetland Centre over half term. Pairs of geese have been wandering the grounds for t
10 February 2012