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Complilation from the past few days. Not a massive influx of migrant waders but potentially some new birds in. More weather in the next week looks interesting if you don't mind dodging the showers. Lapwing numbers seem to have gone up again with 600+ bird
6 September 2017
Today's Sightings
Dunlin Greenshank Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Little Ringed Plover Little Egret Kingfisher x3 Ruff Snipe Tree Sparrow House Sparrow Goldfinch Mallard Whooper Swan
6 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 6th September 2017
1 Hobby - grazing marsh 1 Redstart (male) - Dulverton Hide 2 Kingfisher - wader scrape 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Buzzard 4 Sparrowhawk - circling high overhead 1 Kestrel 2 Yellow Wagtail - flew over SW 1 Grey Wagtail - Otter enclosure 7 Bla
6 September 2017
Sand martin success this summer
Sand martins on the speakers playing colony calls from the artificial nesting banks at the Sand Martin hide at Arundel Wetland Centre. Arundel Wetland Centre is pleased to announce the first successful breeding of wil
5 September 2017
Today's Sightings
Tree Sparrow Little egret Mallard Coot Black tailed godwit Whooper swan Mute swan Lapwing Ruff Greylag goose Wood sandpiper Teal Snipe Shelduck
5 September 2017
UK hand-reared rare birds head south for winter
A total of 26 black-tailed godwits, hand-reared at WWT Welney in Norfolk, have spread their wings for warmer climes. The first-time adventurers were released from their aviary only eleven weeks ago and have already been sighted in various locations along
5 September 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide Juvenile Little-ringed Plover (pic by MJM below), Little Grebe and two Green Sandpiper. The reserve team work party were cutting vegetation here today. Robbie Garnett Hide Two Green Sandpiper, 50+ Teal, 12 Gadwall and 6+ Blackcap in the hedg
5 September 2017
Recent Sightings (2nd- 5th Sep)
British Steel Hide A few notable sightings on both the saline lagoons and the NRA scrapes from the over the weekend include a juvenile Little Stint and the first Curlew Sandpiper of the autumn. Other notable birds included a Common Tern, a
5 September 2017
Wildlife sightings - 05/09/2017
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Knot (juvenile) 1 Redshank 29 Teal 12 Lapwing 139 Black-tailed godwit 1 Kestrel (male) 1 Pied wagtail 2 White wagtail family on passage (2 adults and 3 juveniles) Saline lagoon: Eurasian teal 9 Hawthorn Wood feedin
5 September 2017
600 sand martins, Daubenton's bats and neonate snake
Neonate grass snake. There is a lot happening at Arundel Wetland Centre at this time of year but it does require spending a bit of time in one of the hides and watching with patience to catch the action. The ‘secret
5 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 5th September 2017
2 Spotted Flycatcher - reservoir lagoon 1 Common Sandpiper - grazing marsh 2 Whinchat - grazing marsh 4 House Martin - main lake 1 Swift - reservoir lagoon August bird highlights: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Sn
5 September 2017
A dusky redshank
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece The Teal flock numbered over 300 but they move back and forth from the Bottom New Piece and here, 60+ Shoveler and the Garganey is still with them. Some vegetation cutting work was undertaken here today in preparation for the Seve
4 September 2017
Today's Highlights
Tree sparrow x 23 Little egret Cormorant House martin Pied wagtail Goldfinch Lapwing Stock dove Little ringed plover Snipe Ruff Black-tailed godwit Green sandpiper Wigeon Teal Mallard Shelduck Shoveler Gadwall Moorhen Coot Whooper swan Bewick's swan Mute
4 September 2017
Exciting new play area launched at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre!
An overgrown woodland, which has been closed to the public for 20 years, has been transformed into a wild trek for adventurous youngsters at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s Llanelli Wetland Centre in Carmarthenshire. The Explore play area is a maze of
4 September 2017
Recent Sightings 4th September 2017
The following sightings were recorded today from the reserve at Castle Espie - good count on the Estuary this morning! Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory 339 Oystercatcher, 12 Black-headed gull, 9 Cormorant, 162 Lesser blac
4 September 2017