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Whooper swan Mute swan Bewick's swan Black-tailed godwit Mallard Wigeon Tree sparrow Reed bunting Pintail Pochard Lapwing Little egret Teal Shoveler Tufted duck Moorhen Coot Pied wagtail Greylag Canada goose Golden plover Cormorant Stirling Rook Magpie Ma
21 December 2017
Wildlife sightings - 21/12/17
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Lapwing 36 Black-headed gull 72 Herring gull 3 Saline Lagoon Black-headed gull 11 Hawthorn Wood Robin 5 Jay 2 Chaffinch 6 Other birds Teal - 32 - River Wear Grey heron - 2 - River Wear Shelduck - 10 - Reservoir Tree sparrow
21 December 2017
Wildlife sightings for 21st December 2017
3 Shelduck - main lake, wader scrape 4 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Bittern - main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 15 Redwing - entrance lake November/December bird highlights: Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Snipe, Goldeneye, Little Egret, Great
21 December 2017
Latest Sightings - 21st December - foggy start, Great Egret returns!
It's another foggy morning on the reserve with visibility very limited at the moment. After going missing for a while the Great Egret was seen in its usual spot on the merse in front of the Saltcot Merse Observatory yesterday. Goose numbers had increased
21 December 2017
Latest Sightings
Latest sightings from the past two days. Sunset silhouette of the UU Hide. (Andy Bunting) No roost counts of Whooper Swan or Pink-footed Geese but 300+ and 800+ of each respectively during the day. Over 600 Greylag an
20 December 2017
Oldest living member of Slimbridge swan dynasty has arrived from the Arctic
Croupier, the 26-year-old leader of one of the biggest Bewick’s swan families ever studied at Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s famous Swan Lake at Slimbridge, arrived on Wednesday to the excitement of researchers. The ‘cobfather’ was sadly minus his
20 December 2017
Recent Sightings (16th-20th Dec)
British Steel Hide Wader counts from the British Steel Hide have included 505 Black-tailed Godwits, 71 Curlew, 14 Dunlin, 3 Knot, 10 Greenshank, 9 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 69 Lapwing and 1 Spotted Redshank (19th). The Spoonbill has been seen on the lagoons up t
20 December 2017
Todays sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Mallard Shoveler Wigeon Teal Pintail Pochard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Cormorant Curlew Black-tailed godwit Snipe Lapwing Black-headed gull Starling Cetti's warbler Reed bunting Tree sp
20 December 2017
Wildlife sightings for 20th December 2017
1 Bittern - main lake N shore 4 Pintail - main lake 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Siskin - South route 1 Fieldfare - South route 23 Redwing - entrance area 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Grey Wagtail - Otter enclosure November/December bird high
20 December 2017
Fog-less
Local forecasts suggested dense fog for this morning but we ended up having a very calm, clear sunny day. Above: Greylag Goose Rushy Hide and Peng Observatory 65+ Bewick's Swans at the morning feed, 73 are on site. Tack Piece 350 Teal and 200 Wigeon m
19 December 2017
Today's sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Mallard Wigeon Pochard Shoveler Pintail Teal Black-tailed godwit Kestrel Lapwing Canada goose Greylag goose
19 December 2017
‘Artful Migration’ Artist in Residence
We are pleased to announce that Angela Alexander-Lloyd is our new Artist in Residence. Angela is working on a project called 'Artful Migration' at WWT Caerlaverock which is developed with Upland and Moving Souls Dance. She will be writing regular blogs du
19 December 2017
Watery reflections, environmental action and toothpaste
"Badgers do not move goalposts, people do"
19 December 2017
Wilflide sightings - 19/12/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake (Frozen) Black-headed gull 27 Saline Lagoon (Frozen) Hawthorn Wood Robin 1 Blue tit 7 Great tit 8 Bullfinch 6 Chaffinch 5 Nuthatch 1 Other birds Shoveler - 2 - Reservoir Shelduck - 8 - Reservoir Tufted duck - 12 - Reservoir
19 December 2017
Wildlife sightings for 19th December 2017
2 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Goldeneye - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 2 Shelduck - main lake 152 Shoveler - main lake, grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 1 Siskin - entrance area 27 Redwing - entrance area and flew over S 2 Stonechat - grazing ma
19 December 2017