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Snowy wetlands
Snowy wetlands - Przemek Piotrowski It's cold! But this is one of my favourite times of year at WWT London Wetland Centre. To begin with, the Centre looks beautiful in the snow, as this lovely photo by my colleague Przemek Piotrowski demonstrates. Bu
10 February 2012
"Once more unto the breach dear friends"...
The breach is just visible in front of the digger The riverbank at the saline lagoon has now been breached and we expect the habitat to flood for the first time during high tide on Friday 9 March (about 4pm). Join us
10 February 2012
Arun Riverlife Project to restore views and habitats at WWT Arundel
Here is Paul Steven's Wildlife Sightings column from Feb 9, 2012. Read Paul's column each week in the Observer series of newspapers in West Sussex When he designed WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, Sir Peter Scott’s original vision was for visitors in the mai
10 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake 100% Frozen Lapwing - 12 Black Headed Gull - 27 River Shoveler - 1 Teal - 32 Mallard - 24 Goosander - 1 Redshank - 2 Reservoir Coot - 12 Sheldu [...]
10 February 2012
Bird News
Raptors were out in good numbers today, with counts of 3 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel and 1 Sparrowhawk received. 8 White-fronted Geese were with up to 2, [...]
10 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 10th February 2012
3 Bittern - reservoir lagoon, roosting in alder tree in reedbed 1 Peregrine - sat on main lake island 3 Golden Plover - scared off main lake by a Peregrine @ 8.40am 16 Snipe - main lake, r [...]
10 February 2012
Snow overnight but roads still good
Rushy Lesser Scaup 1 ad female. Bewick Swan 180 Teal 300 Pintail 190 Holden Tower Whitefronted Goose 220 Greylag 6 On Estuary Wigeon 1200 Dunlin 700 Grey Plover 2 Peregri [...]
10 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM/ 100% Frozen Window on the Wear Redshank - 1 Shelduck - 2 Wigeon - 2 Teal - 9 River Wear Teal - 46 Mallard - 37 Blac [...]
9 February 2012
100 Species
A Mistle Thrush in the car park this morning, probably over looked in the last 6 weeks, brings the reserve year list onto 100 species. The year list is of course a bit of fun, and given that we have o [...]
9 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 9th February 2012
2 Bittern - reservoir lagoon north side 2 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon, main lake 4 Pintail - 3 male, 1 female, reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - over river 84 Lapwing - main lak [...]
9 February 2012
Today's sightings
This great photograph was sent in by David Fearn. They are currently showing very well under our bird feeders. Send us your photographs We would love to publish your images of our w [...]
9 February 2012
Celebrity podcasts
A number of well known wildlife presenters and film makers have taken part in our monthly podcasts. Follow the links below to find out more: Kate Humble with tips on watching water birds Kate Humble Kate Humble, broad
8 February 2012
The latest from the saline lagoon...
The fence along the river bank has been removed in preparation for connecting our site with the River Wear The landscaping of the lagoon is pr
8 February 2012
Grenoble leads the late arrivers!
As the cold snap continues, a steady stream of swans have been heading west at a time of year when they are usually preparing to head east on spring migration! 14 new swans have arrived since the beginning of the month, including pair Grenoble and Gien wh
8 February 2012
Lookout for us on Inside Out
I spend all day yesterday with the BBC filiming a feature for Inside Out, that will be on Monday evening at 7.30pm. It was a really great day and we do get so well with the BBC and have a fantastic working relationship with them. Tony came out as the pres
8 February 2012