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GIANT duck hunt
HELP! Calling all kids - we’ve lost our GIANT yellow ducks and we need you and your family to help find them at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre this Easter (24 March - 8 April). You’ll need to use all your special detective skills to track down
9 March 2018
Canoes and ponds re-open
The award winning canoe safari and boat tours at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre are re-opening on Saturday 24 March, offering adults and children lots of fun exploring the wetland through open water, woodlands, wet grassland and reedbed as well as seeing
8 March 2018
Sightings Thursday March 8th
Due to the recent heavy rain and snow melt along the River Great Ouse, the Ouse Washes are currently flooding to depths where it affects access to our hides. Currently wellies are needed to gain access to Reedbed hide, all other hides and footpaths are
8 March 2018
Wildlife sightings for 8th March 2018
2 Black-tailed Godwit - grazing marsh (p.m.) 1 Curlew - main lake (Dulverton Hide) 1430hrs 1 Bittern - main lake SE corner 1 Redshank - scrape 4 Jack Snipe - scrape, marsh 13 Snipe - marsh, main lake 2 Shelduck - scrape 11 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 8
8 March 2018
Reserve Update Thursday 8th March
The waders are returning to Folly Pond with 29 Redshank, 5 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Curlew feeding around the edges this morning. Duck numbers are dropping here but Teal and Wigeon can still be seen out in the flooded fields around the Peter Scott Obse
8 March 2018
WWT marks International Women's Day by celebrating pioneer's aviation award
Ground-breaking paramotorist Sacha Dench has been awarded the British Women Pilots’ Association (BWPA) accolade for her record-breaking solo 7000km trip highlighting the plight of the endangered Bewick’s swan. Sacha was awarded the Jean Lennox Bird Pe
8 March 2018
Avocet Influx
Warm in the sun, cool in the hides, spring like. Great to see the Avocet coming back in after the cold snap. Four nine birds seen today is the highest count of the spring so far. Lapwing have returned too with 1100+ birds, also 43 Oystercatcher, 78 Black-
7 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 07/03/2018
a.m. Tide level: High Wader Lake Lapwing 26 Black head gull 36 Herring gull 3 Shelduck 24 Grey heron 7 Tufted duck 29 Oystercatcher 2 Mute swan 2 Eurasian teal 18 Canada geese 2 Greylag geese 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Eurasian teal 5 Redshank 3 Hawthorn
7 March 2018
Today's sightings
The glaucous gull was seen on the river before high tide, flying north at around 9am. After a foggy start which restricted visibility over the Dumbles, there was a touch of Spring could be felt across the reserve with avocets on the Rushy, displaying la
7 March 2018
Recent Sightings (3rd-7th March)
British Steel Hide Recent wader counts from the steel hide have included 2 Spotted Redshanks (7th), 25 Lapwing, 507 Dunlin, 56 Curlew, 24 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 133 Black-tailed Godwits and 27 Knot. 2 Spoonbills were still viewable from the hide on the 6
7 March 2018
Reserve Update Wednesday 7th March
Well the Chaffinches have decided that we are back to Spring again and are in full voice down the Avenue. They were joined by singing Goldfinch, a lovely flock of about twenty Linnet and a Treecreeper. There are lots of Tufted ducks around at Whooper
7 March 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pochard Tufted duck Pintail Teal Wigeon Moorhen Coot Grey heron Black tailed godwit Redshank Oystercatcher Dunlin Avocet (Friends hide) Curlew Little egret Snipe Black headed gull Lapwing Golden plover Fieldfare Starlin
7 March 2018
Wildlife sightings for 7th March 2018
3 Jack Snipe - scrape 14 Snipe - marsh, scrape, main lake 1 Dunlin - marsh 10 Pintail - marsh, scrape, main lake 2 Shelduck - scrape 1 Goldeneye - main lake 1 Bittern - main lake 76 Wigeon - marsh, scrape 167 Cormorant - main lake 1 Red Kite - over SW
7 March 2018
Singing, displaying & nest scraping start
Treecreeper sightings have increased in the wooded areas. Photo: Romney Turner March 1, 2018 The lapwing males are doing display flights over the Wet Grasslands area. Three sets of lapwing pairs seen on the wet grassl
6 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 06/03/18
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Tufted duck 31 Eurasian teal 17 Grey heron 4 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 6 Redshank 5 Shelduck 25 Gadwall 2 Greylag 1 Stock dove 1 Siskin 12 Saline Lagoon Kingfisher 1 Shelduck 6 Oystercatcher 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Coal t
6 March 2018