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Wildlife sightings - 15/01/18
a.m. Tide level: Low Wader Lake Eurasian teal 23 Mallard 33 Shelduck 25 Grey heron 3 (in hedge) Redshank 2 Black-headed gull 97 Shoveler 5 Common buzzard 1 (flew over) Wigeon 3 Common snipe 3 Herring gull 7 Saline Lagoon Eurasian curlew 48 Herring gull 1
15 January 2018
Wildlife sightings for 15th January 2018
2 Bittern - main lake N shore, reedbed 6 Pintail - main lake, resr lagoon, grazing marsh 1 Goldeneye - main lake 7 Redpoll - world wetlands (Birches on the edge of Tundra pen) 32 Redwing - entrance lake area 3 Shelduck - main lake, scrape 1 Jack Snipe
15 January 2018
Otter family and a pair of Whooper Swans
Kingfisher Hide Three Otters were the undoubted highlight, they were seen mid morning and appear to be the same family that have recently been captured on the reserve's trail cameras. 200 Teal were on the distant flood. Rushy Hide and Peng Observatory 11
14 January 2018
Today's Highlights
Whooper swans Bewick's swans Mute swans Greylag Brent goose Pochard Wigeon Teal Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Goldeneye Great crested grebe Black-tailed godwit Lapwing Redshank Ruff Snipe Red-legged partridge Fieldfare Redwing Tree sparrow Goldfinch Reed
14 January 2018
What's Wild this weekend Jan 13-14
This goldcrest was captured while preening by Romney Turner Woodland Loop great spotted woodpecker goldfinch blue tits coal tits great tits chaffinch hawfinch Lost Reedbed marsh harrier (roost) Reedbeds Water rai
14 January 2018
Wildlife sightings for 14th January 2018
2 Bittern - main lake N shore 7 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Goldeneye - main lake 15 Redpoll - South route (birches in sustainable gardens) 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 7 Snipe - showing well in front of Headley Hide 14 Redwing
14 January 2018
Good floods on Tack Piece
Tack Piece Bewick's Swan 32 Whitefronted Goose 104 Wigeon 600 Teal 700 Lapwing 1700 Golden Plover 800 Dunlin 340 Little Stint 1 Ruff 41 Redshank 46 Curlew 238 Crane 1 Peregrine 1 in tall trees to north. Holden Tower Barnacle Goose 189 Red Breasted Goose
13 January 2018
Latest Sightings
Over cast with South-easterlies which as mentioned before is a comfortable wind direction for a lot of the hides. It did feel chilly elsewhere. Similar numbers of wildfowl as of late, see previous sightings for a fuller picture of numbers and species pres
13 January 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swans Whooper swans Greylag Pink-footed geese White-fronted geese Shelduck Mallard Shoveler Pintail Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Moorhen Cranes (4, in flight) Great egret Little egret Black-tailed godwits Redshank Dunlin Golden plover Lapwing Star
13 January 2018
Wildlife sightings for 13th January 2018
3 Bittern - main lake South East corner, North shore 6 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 3 Snipe - wader scrape 4 Redwing - entrance lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 97 Wigeon - wader scrape, grazing mars
13 January 2018
Latest Sightings - 13th January
A brighter morning on the reserve and the Flood Ground is busy with ducks and waders. A mother Otter with two cubs were on the Flood Ground yesterday, but there was no sign of them this morning. The female Greater Scaup is back on the Whooper Pond again.
13 January 2018
Sightings Friday 12th January
A misty start but sun is now breaking through and looks to be a promising afternoon. All hides still closed but water levels have dropped again overnight, main observatory is open with lots of birds including godwits now using land that has appeared when
12 January 2018
Still counting Snipe
A slightly lower count of Snipe today from the Zeiss Hide with 129 birds seen, favouring the same areas of the shoreline and the reedbed in front of the hide. Robbie Garnett Hide Bewick’s Swans have been moving over from the Rushy all morning to spend t
12 January 2018
Wildlife sightings for 12th January 2018
1 Bittern - main lake 1 Goldeneye - main lake 5 Pintail - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 3 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 22 Siskin - South route 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital Late Dece
12 January 2018
Recent Sightings (10th-12th)
Little Grebe, Russ Myners Millenium Wetlands The cold weather has frozen many of the main water bodies used by the wildfowl in the last couple of days. However, dense colonisations of ducks have been seen where ther
12 January 2018