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Reserve Update Thursday 29th March - Avocets!
Two Avocets are currently taking a snooze on one of the little islands on Folly Pond this morning. They are joined by a few Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit. A fun game for the Teal Pond hide is spot the Snipe competition! There were four that we c
29 March 2018
Sunshine and showers
Its been a classic Spring day - relatively mild compared to recent cold snaps, sunshine poking through a cloudy sky and the odd sharp shower including a bit of hail, and we haven't even made it to April yet. Other signs of Spring can be seen around the
28 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 28/03/18
Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Mute swans 3 Avocet 5 Shelduck 24 Lapwing 28 Shoveler 6 Gadwall 4 Tufted duck 16 Herring gull 4 Kestrel 1 Canada geese 16 Greylag 12 Saline Lagoon: Shelduck 18 Redshank 2 Eurasian teal 18 Hawthorn Wood: Great tit 8
28 March 2018
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Wigeon Coot Moorhen Crane (x2) Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank Lapwing Black-headed gull Pied wagtail Reed bunting Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Chaffinch Great tit Robin Bl
28 March 2018
Bewick’s Swan Champion Workshop in Russia
(Photo above by Yury Tyulibayev) Last week, WWT's 'Team Swan' ventured to the Russian Arctic to participate in a workshop we had jointly organised with our Russian partners. The meeting was to plan activities that champion Bewick’s swans and their wetla
28 March 2018
Wildlife sightings for 28th March 2018
1 Iceland Gull - marsh p.m. 4 Sand Martin - feeding over main lake 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape (coming into summer plumage) 4 Redshank - wader scrape 2 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 20+ Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh, main lake, wildside 2 Chiffchaf
28 March 2018
Reserve Update Wednesday 28th March
Whooper Swan numbers continue to drop on the reserve with just over fifty on Whooper Pond first thing. Numbers in the local area remain high with over a hundred feeding on fields to the East. They were joined by a Bewick's Swan yesterday so keep you
28 March 2018
Mediterranean Gulls
The Jack Snipe (below) was with a Common Snipe and viewable from the hole in the wall viewing slots between Willow and Knott Hides. South Lake 326 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Avocet, 2 pairs of Oystercatcher, the Great Crested Grebe pair and 8 Pochard among
27 March 2018
Nesting lapwing pair a sign of Spring
Lapwing in flight over wet grassland at Lapwing hide. By Ken Turner Recent sightings On Wetlands Discovery Barn Owl in large owl box on pole in Wetland Discovery (6.30 am) Fewer owl pellets in the hides Kingfisher Wa
27 March 2018
Govt must take greater action on invasive species, says WWT's Hannah Freeman
The United Kingdom has been at the forefront of action on invasive non-native species (INNS) control at an EU level. Nevertheless, INNS cost the British economy approximately £2 billion a year and the threat is only growing. Invasive species can threaten
27 March 2018
Recent Sightings (24th-27th March)
British Steel Hide Wader counts from the British Steel Hide have included 2 Spotted Redshanks, 431 Black-tailed Godwits, 231 Knot, 184 Redshank, a Snipe, 4 Greenshank, 1 Dunlin and a Curlew. Wildfowl have included a Mute Swan, 8 Greylag Geese, 5 Dark-bell
27 March 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Crane Shelduck Mallard Wigeon Coot Moorhen Oystercatcher Ringed plover Snipe Black-headed gull Lapwing Chaffinch Tree sparrow Reed bunting Great tit Blue tit Goldfinch Barn owl
27 March 2018
Wildlife sightings for 27th March 2018
4 Redshank - wader scrape 4 Jack Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 20+ Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh, main lake, wildside 2 Chiffchaff - South route, sheltered lagoon 3 Shelduck - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 5 Siskin - South route 1 Pereg
27 March 2018
First Little-ringed Plover of 2018
A Little ringed Plover arrived on the Dumbles yesterday, this species overwinters in southern Spain and Africa. This hardy individual continued to show around the scrape, this morning it was feeding on the shore of the Tack Piece flash and viewable from
26 March 2018
Recent Sightings – 26th March 2018
A really calm morning here at Castle Espie with hardly a wave on the estuary. The following sightings were recorded today at high tide: Estuary – visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent goose 54, Black-headed gull 5,
26 March 2018