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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake A.M. Low Tide Shelduck 12 Mallard 82 Teal 54 Wigeon 10 Shoveler 2 Grey Heron 3 Lapwing 26 Hawthorn Wood T [...]
7 January 2012
White fronted Geese
A small group of several White fronted geese seen this morning, failed to reappear after being flushed, but, good numbers of pink footed geese. 1700 Whooper Swans continue to use the reserve everyday [...]
7 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 7th January 2012
2 Bittern - south side of main lake, reedbed channel by Wildside hide 2 Shelduck - main lake 4 Pintail - 3 male 1 female, wader scrape 1 Peregrine - male, hunting over main lake and marsh [...]
7 January 2012
Todays Sightings.
Holden Tower and Robbie Garnett Hide Bewicks swan 50 Whitefronted Goose 225 Greylag Goose 4 (continental birds) Wigeon 2500 Teal 450 Golden Plover 1600 Lapwing 2000 Dunlin 500 Ruff [...]
7 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Mid Tide AM Wigeon - 21 Shelduck - 7 Teal - 69 Mallard - 51 Canada Goose - 1 Lapwing - 15 Redshank - 6 Curlew - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Spot [...]
6 January 2012
White-fronts drop in
A calm day with the reserve jam packed with birds. Forty three European White-fronted Geese (31 adults & 12 first winter birds) dropped in on Plover field early afternoon viewed from UU hide, also [...]
6 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 6th January 2012
1 Bittern - main lake S shore, to the right of the Dulverton Hide 1 Jack Snipe - main lake 2 Pintail - marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Pheasant - sheltered lagoon 5 Fieldfare - arou [...]
6 January 2012
Marsh Harrier joins the party
Great birding again from all of the hide, the female Marsh Harrier that has been using the north end of the reserve for some time now was hunting around the Dumbles and estuary this morning flushi [...]
6 January 2012
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake AM Shelduck 9 Teal 59 Mallard 105 Black-Headed Gull 41 Lapwing 15 Heron 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 5 [...]
5 January 2012
Geese
At least 40 European White-fronted Geese dropped in early afternoon, joining 300+ Greylag grazing around the Mere. Locally all the Greylag Geese are assumed to be feral birds, although historically [...]
5 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 90 Wigeon 120 Pintail 1 Teal 1 Shoveler 3 Tufted Duck 62 Folly Pond Teal 310 Wigeon 300 Redshank 31 Oystercatcher 2 Snipe 7 Avenue Tower [...]
5 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 5th January 2012
1 Yellow-legged Gull 2nd winter - main lake 1 Shelduck - main lake 150 Teal - marsh 9 Snipe - marsh and main lake 1 Bullfinch - wildside 2 Chiffchaff - world wetlands and she [...]
5 January 2012
Today's sightings
This stunning shot of a Bewick's Swan arriving on the Rushy was taken by Stephen Judd Send us your photographs If you have any good photographs of our wildlife, we would love to publish th [...]
5 January 2012
Eric! Developments...
Just in time for Christmas, my wonderful little charges were introduced by Sparky and Claire one rainy thursday into the Lesser house for the very first time. After an intensive 3 month rearing period, the point had come almost overnight, that they need
4 January 2012
Major work begins on new saline lagoon
Work is now underway to transform this area into a new saline lagoon The excavation of WWT Washington’s new saline lagoon has begun! Designed to improve the biodiversity of the area currently known as Sandpiper Pond
4 January 2012