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Todays Sightings
Red-breasted Goose, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Sadly the red-breasted goose did not turn up, but most of the Barnacle Geese stayed very distantly out on the saltmarsh for th majority of t [...]
24 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 24th January 2012
2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 71 Wigeon - grazing marsh 69 Shoveler - main lake, grazing marsh 53 Lapwing - main lake 15 Common Gull - main lake, scrape, marsh [...]
24 January 2012
Water rail
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23 January 2012
Out on the reserve today
There were some familiar faces amongst the whooper swans at the 12noon feed today including: U5B - Baldur and his mate U5S with their brood of 5 cygnets L6L - Toby Two, ringed at Welney in 200 [...]
23 January 2012
Wildlife Sightings for 23.01.12
Wader Lake AM Shelduck 12 Lapwing 27 Redshank 31 Mallard 81 Teal 63 Heron 7 River Black-headed gull 122 Reservoir Tufted duck 38 Coot [...]
23 January 2012
Year of the (Water) Dragon
The Chinese new year starts today and auspiciously it the Year of the Dragon. Having just looked it up, 2012 is a 'water dragon' year so that's got to be good, if you believe in things uns [...]
23 January 2012
Today's wild bird sightings
10 grey plover 3 snipe 2 greenshank 709 lapwing c200 curlew on estuary 53 brent geese on estuary c200 dunlin goosander 53 greylag 126 wigeon [...]
23 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Glaucous Gull, taken through my HTC Phone, M.Youdale © Copyright 2011 WWT Lochar Water GLAUCOUS GULL 1 (second ever at WWT Caerlaverock) GREAT SKUA 1 Oystercatcher 3500 Dunlin 3000 [...]
23 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 23rd January 2012
1 Jack Snipe - main lake, from Headley Hide 72 Wigeon - marsh 16 Lesser Redpoll - wildside 20 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 5 Fieldfare - entrance lake 40 Redwing - entrance area + pla [...]
23 January 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower POMARINE SKUA still patrolling the shoreline heading down river and moved out across to west side at Purton. Lost to view may have gone down or back up. E White-fronted Goose 260 [...]
23 January 2012
Our first podcast - The secret life of swans
It has been a fantastic weekend at Martin Mere with over 2000 people coming along to the model train show. It is the model boat show net weekend so hopefully that one will be very busy as well. There seems to be so much going on at the moment, but one t
22 January 2012
Short eared Owl
A Short eared Owl was seen again from Ron Barker Hide which along with 2 White fronted Geese (race unknown) were the highlights of the day. The single Bewick's Swan spent most of the day in Plover [...]
22 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Yellowhammer in the mornings sun, M.Youdale © Copyright 2011 WWT Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 200 Mute Swan 100 Wigeon 50 Teal 4 Shoveler 2 Canada Goose 100 Tufted Duck 55 Fo [...]
22 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 22nd January 2012
3 Mandarin - flew over wildside p.m. 3 Pintail - 2 male, 1 female - main lake and marsh channel c.20 Redwing - Queen Elizabeth Walk 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh Recent bird h [...]
22 January 2012
Pomarine Skua and more!
Pomarine Skua taken from the Zeiss Hide today by Dave Hardcastle, thanks Dave! POMARINE SKUA At 13.30 a Skua flew in and landed on the top New Piece (Zeiss Hide) It spent around 15 [...]
22 January 2012