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Wildlife sightings for 24th March 2017

Wildlife sightings for 24th March 2017

1 Grey Plover - grazing marsh then flew N 1 Black-tailed Godwit - main lake 3 Little Egret - grazing marsh 4 Shelduck - main lake 2 Snipe - main lake 4 Sand Martin - sheltered lagoon, wildside 2 Willow Warbler - South route, wildside 5 Chiffchaff - wildsi

24 March 2017

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Great white egret flying by a little egret by Jane Rowe Great white egret - 3 (Yellow wagtail along the road from Ten Mile Bank) Little egret Grey heron Chiffchaff Reed bunting Meadow pipit Skylark Avocet - 18 Black-t

24 March 2017

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Avocet Redshank Dunlin Curlew Black-Tailed Godwit Snipe (drumming) Oystercatcher Lapwing Gadwall Shoveller Shelduck Wigeon Teal Pintail Tufted Duck Pochard Great White Egret Sparrowhawk

23 March 2017

Cold snap

Cold snap

Compared to this time last week, its a bit colder but Spring continues to advance.  We've got lots of Lapwing pairs now busy choosing their nest sites so look out of birds wiggling their tails in the air as the crouch down and scrape out a bowl to form t

23 March 2017

Make memories to remember with FREE entry for mum this mother’s day at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

Make memories to remember with FREE entry for mum this mother’s day at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

Why not treat your loved ones this mother’s day with FREE entry for mum, mam or mamgu to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre on Sunday 26 March and enjoy the stunning surroundings overlooking the incredible Gower Peninsula. This is a proper treat for mum as no

23 March 2017

Wildlife sightings - 23/03/17

Wildlife sightings - 23/03/17

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 16 Lapwing 20 Oystercatcher 4 Gadwall 2 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 6 Grey heron 24 (25 nests) Eurasian teal 12 Tufted duck 16 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Shelduck 2 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Great tit 4 Blue tit 2 Bullfinch 2 Ch

23 March 2017

Sightings 23/03/2017

Sightings 23/03/2017

It looks like yesterdays bad weather has passed through and the forecast is looking really good for this afternoon and the next few days. There has been a lot of Whooper Swan movement country wide over the last few days, we had a departure of birds overn

23 March 2017

Wildlife sightings for 23rd March 2017

Wildlife sightings for 23rd March 2017

1 Glaucous Gull juv - main lake 1 Mediterranean Gull adult - main lake 4 Shelduck - main lake, wader scrape 4 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - main lake 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 5 Pintail - main lake 1 Water Pipit - grazing

23 March 2017

Sightings

Sightings

Very few reports today, but an interesting day with the first Little Ringed Plover of the spring which flew on to the Mere early morning in low cloud and rain. Also a single Ringed Plover and Dunlin around the Mere along with Oystercatcher, 40+ Black-tail

22 March 2017

Wildlife sightings - 22/03/17

Wildlife sightings - 22/03/17

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 14 Lapwing 34 Oystercatcher 4 Redshank 8 Common snipe 11 Grey heron 32 + 1 chick (25 nests) Gadwall 4 Shoveler 9 Teal 27 Shelduck 25 Stock dove 10 Saline Lagoon Avocet 10 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Nut

22 March 2017

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Tree Sparrow Whooper Swan Greylag Wigeon Teal Black-tailed Godwit Reed Bunting Gadwall Shelduck Tufted Duck Grey Wagtail Oystercatcher Avocet Pintail

22 March 2017

Wildlife sightings for 22nd March 2017

Wildlife sightings for 22nd March 2017

1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 5 Pintail - main lake 4 Little Egret - grazing marsh 4 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, grazing marsh 2 Common Snipe - main lake 4 Chiffchaff - wildside, South route 1 Buzzard - flew over to the West   March bird highligh

22 March 2017

Recent Sightings

Recent Sightings

Stonechat Cr. Russ Myners British Steel Hide Cormorant 11 Little Egret 3 Greylag 13 Canada Goose 18 Shelduck 25 Wigeon 186 Gadwall 6 Teal 2 Mallard 4 Shoveler 6 Tufted Duck 12 Pintail 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Lapwing

21 March 2017

Otter action

Otter action

Holden Tower Out on the Dumbles (saltmarsh/saltpasture) things have become quieter after the winter birds have departed. Look carefully though, Lapwings are on territory and displaying. A big surprise came in the form of an Otter (see pics below) Tack

21 March 2017

Wildlife sightings - 21/03/17

Wildlife sightings - 21/03/17

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 18 Mute swan 2 Redshank 22 Common snipe 9 Lapwing 35 Grey heron 39 Shelduck 26 Shoveler 11 Gadwall 2 Eurasian teal 32 Oystercatcher 2 Saline Lagoon Kingfisher 1 (male) Avocet 2 Gadwall 3 Oystercatcher 2 Eurasian tea

21 March 2017