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Water Rails
3 Water Rails, 2 from the Kingfisher hide and 1 from the Janet Kear hide were among today's birding highlights. Although present all year, and not uncommon, this species can prove very difficult t [...]
2 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Yellowhammer this morning, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Wigeon 200 Teal 30 Shoveler 20 Folly Pond Teal 100 Avenue & Loanings Yell [...]
2 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 2nd February 2012
2 Bittern - sheltered lagoon, reedbed channel (nearest wildside hide) 270 Teal - site count 3 Pintail - main lake 120 Shoveler - site count 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - re [...]
2 February 2012
Today's sightings
Wigeon on ice taken from the Holden Tower this morning JSLeesWWT Send us your photographs If you have any good photographs of our wildlife, we would love to publish them here. send them to jam [...]
2 February 2012
Centre update
There seems to be a lot going on at the moment so I thought a would list a few interesting things happening at the centre: We have joined up to the Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme which bascially means we have a commitment to allow women to breast feed at M
1 February 2012
Reptiles Undercover!
Crocodile Encounters show - Przemek Piotroski Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 February Slither over to WWT London Wetland Centre this half term and enter the fascinating world of reptiles. All weekend there will be snakes,
1 February 2012
Roscoff arrives in cold snap
As I sit here trying to warm up, it’s hard to believe that the last entry started with the phrase ‘spring like temperatures’! It’s no wonder that we are consumed by the weather in Britain! The weather is a key factor in influencing the swans behav
1 February 2012
The Mileage Company donations to WWT top £100k
The Mileage Company, operators of the new UK Avios travel rewards programme, has made its latest donation of over £40,000 to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), as part of its on-going support to us. The Mileage Company has now donated over £100,00
1 February 2012
New Sightings
Today at Hawthorn Hide - PM Weather is quite cold, but the hide was busy this afternoon. Coal Tit - 3 Robin - 4 Blue Tit - 12 Bullfinch - 4 Chaffinch - 3 Longtai [...]
1 February 2012
Woodcock
Dawn till dusk sunshine and great visibility yet again, although well worth putting a couple of extra layers on if you want to sit it out in the hides! Woodcock from the Janet Kear Hide was new fo [...]
1 February 2012
Sallow Button (picture)
As promised a picture of Acleris hastiana (B&F 1053) or to use the new(ish) proper name Sallow Button, which is rather pleasant. Caught on the 24th January, it was the first record of this spe [...]
1 February 2012
Today's sightings
A great white egret is present on the saline lagoons and is best viewed from the British steel hide. Other sightings today include; red breasted merganser, 3 goldeneye, 3 little grebe, 3 great cr [...]
1 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Roe Deer, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 160 Tufted Duck 50 Wigeon 130 Gadwall 1 Shoveler 4 Folly Pond Teal 100 Wigeon 50 Flood Ground [...]
1 February 2012
WIldlife sightings for 1st February 2012
1 Bittern - north side main lake 1 Shelduck - main lake 2 Pintail - male and female, wader scrape 100+ Teal - grazing marsh, scrape, main lake 1 Jack Snipe - main lake 30+ Redwing [...]
1 February 2012
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 2 Showing very well Cetti's Warbler 1 Reed Bunting 6 Water Rail 1 Teal 400 The Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 272 Barnacle Goose 130 Egyptian Goo [...]
1 February 2012