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Dawn Swan Count
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17 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake 100% Frozen Other Bird Species Counts Otter pen: Pied Wagtail - 1 Saline Lagoon: Grey Wagtail - 2 River: Mallard - 117 Shelduck - 4 Teal - 50 [...]
17 January 2012
Some Counts
Assorted recent wildfowl counts included; 269 Pintail, 980 Wigeon, 96 Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck,10 Shoveler and 3 Goldeneye. A single Bewick's Swan again this morning on the back of the Mere and [...]
17 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 17th January 2012
5 Pintail - main lake 1 Shelduck - main lake 200 + Teal - site count 86 Shoveler - site count 5 Redwing - entrance area 23 Lesser Redpoll - world wetlands, waterlife 2 Stonecha [...]
17 January 2012
Frosty sightings
Nice flight shot of the Zeiss Hide Bittern taken by Rob Cross, thanks Rob! Send us your photographs If you have any good photographs of our wildlife, we would love to publish them here. send t [...]
17 January 2012
Winter is back again!
At last, proper winter weather! A high pressure system developing over the UK has brought plunging temperatures, crisp ground frosts and bright sunny days! Together with easterly winds, conditions are near perfect for the onwards migration of swans from t
16 January 2012
WeBS Count
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16 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AMTide - Mid Shelduck - 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 17 Great Tit - 23 Blue Tit - 21 Coal Tit - 14 Robin - 7 Treecreeper - 1 Jay - 2 (Wader Lake path) [...]
16 January 2012
Winter Sunshine
Another glorious day, dawn till dusk sunshine and windless too. A brilliant day for the photographers amongst you. At least 3 European White-fronted Geese this morning. Most of the geese were off [...]
16 January 2012
Today's wild bird sightings
251 wigeon 54 shoveler shelduck teal mallard gadwall tufted duck pochard greylag c400 lapwing 5 greenshank c1700 oystercatcher on estu [...]
16 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 300 Wigeon 160 Teal 15 Shoveler 5 Greylag Goose 15 Folly Pond Teak 40 Wigeon 10 Avenue's Yellowhammer 20 Reed Bunting 10 Tree Sprarrow 4 [...]
16 January 2012
Teal up!
The cold weather seems to have increased the teal numbers with just under 90 counted this morning. [...]
16 January 2012
Starling roost dwindles
Just a note for those who are hoping to see the starling roost, that numbers have drastically reduced down to only a handful of individuals. The rest seem to have found a better alternative. M [...]
16 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 16th January 2012
1 Jack Snipe - main lake 22 Snipe - main lake, scrape, marsh 74 Shoveler - site count 72 Wigeon - marsh 210 Teal - site count 2 Shelduck - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 3 [...]
16 January 2012
Today's sightings
A cold night with heavy frost was followed by a still and sunny day. Waders were not so evident as they disperse over the area or estuary. Holden Tower E White-fronted Geese 262 Greylag 30 [...]
16 January 2012