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Reserve Update Thursday 18th May
Lovely start to the morning, with hawthorn blossom wafting on the breeze and the smell of wild garlic down the Avenue. A Spotted Flycatcher was seen briefly in the hawthorn trees on the walk.....juvenile robins and blackbirds are more evident. Sedge W
18 May 2017
Sightings
A good day with a few new birds, the best of which for rarity value was the diminutive Temminck's Stint that was refound on Woodend Marsh viewable from UU Hide. Martin Mere is probably the premier site in the Northwest for this species, with many records
17 May 2017
Todays Sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Mallard Shoveler Teal Shelduck Gadwall Little ringed plover Ringed plover Dunlin Redshank Avocet Lapwing Moorhen Coot Black tailed godwit Common Tern House martin Goldfinch Chaffinch Great tit Blue tit Tree sparrow
17 May 2017
A downpour
As you may have noticed, its been a very wet day with near constant rainfall at least in this part of the world. We're watching water levels on several pools to make sure we keep enough water for the birds, but not enough to flood out some of our ground
17 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 17/05/2017
AM high tide Wader Lake: Common tern 105 Avocet 27 adults and 6 chicks Ringed plover 2 Little-ringed plover 1 Redshank 4 Black-tailed godwit 1 Gadwall 1 Shoveler 1 Lapwing 20 adults and 12 chicks Black-headed gulls 18 Saline lagoon: Avocet 2
17 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 17th May 2017
1 Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Tern - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Redshank - reservoir lagoon 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge May bird highl
17 May 2017
Today's Sightings
Avocet and Chicks Lapwing Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Gadwall Redshank Little Egret Spoonbill Corn Bunting Yellow Wagtail Reed Bunting Swallow Common Tern
16 May 2017
New feathered friends at Washington Wetland Centre
In order to ensure the success of our conservation breeding programmes, one of our aims is to keep populations of birds as genetically diverse as possible. Every year we identify birds that we may need to pair, or colleagues at other centres within the WW
16 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 16/05/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 29 + 9 chicks Grey heron 22 Ringed plover 2 Shoveler 2 Redshank 4 Common tern 91 Eurasian teal 2 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Black-headed gull 23 Gadwall 4 Saline Lagoon Tufted duck 7 Avocet 2 Shoveler 1 Hawthorn Woo
16 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 16th May 2017
2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Redshank - main lake 1 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge May bird high
16 May 2017
Sightings
A wet and windy day which didn't produce much, but a Yellow Wagtail over the Mere mid afternoon was a new bird for the year. A 2nd cal year Mediterranean Gull was around mid afternoon also Common Gull and Great black-backed Gull on the Mere. Lots of Avoce
15 May 2017
Sightings update
South Lake A few Swifts and c30 House Martin feeding over the alder trees, the Black-headed Gull colony (mostly on deep lake islands) has 60-80 occupied nests. The wader scrape held a male Ruff in breeding plumage and 100+ Black-tailed Godwit as well as
15 May 2017
Recent Sightings
Mute Swan with cygnets cr. Rob Wisdom Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 3 Mute Swan 3 + 8 cygnet Greylag 4 Shelduck 7 Gadwall 15 Mallard 17 Shoveler 7 Pochard 4 Tufted Duck 23 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 1 Moorhen 4 Coot 6
15 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 15th May 2017
1 Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Whitethroat - entrance area 3 Redshank - grazing marsh, main lake 50+ Swift - reservoir lagoon 15+ Swallow - reservoir lagoon 10+ H
15 May 2017
Today's Sightings
Turtle Dove by Bob Ellis Turtle dove - 1 under the bird feeding station Bittern - heard booming early in the morning by Reedbed hide Cuckoo Reed bunting Tree sparrow Chaffinch Swallow Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Gadwall
15 May 2017