It has been a good morning for birds. With quite a high tide, large numbers of Dunlin were swirling around over the shore with 1700 briefly dropping into field 3, which already contained over 2000 Golden Plover, quite a sight! A large feeding flock of Sta
27 February 2017
Rushy Pen With more birds leaving overnight we are down to 64 Bewick's Swans at the roost this morning. Last night 114 were present at 6.15pm (see pic below). The top lake held 100 Pochard and 150 Tufted Duck with 147 Pintail also present. Oystercat
27 February 2017
Lady Fen is looking particularly good at the moment with large numbers of waders and dabbling ducks. Golden Plover Dunlin Snipe Wigeon Teal Shelduck Shoveler Kingfisher Tree sparrow Reed bunting Green woodpecker 2 Red kite
27 February 2017
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. While the wintering birds are still quite stable in numbers and variety, we are feeling now a shift in the behaviour of passerine birds, which have started to sing quit
27 February 2017
The latest exhibition has been unveiled at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre by Craig Daniel: Birds in Watercolour. Craig is a keen artist and has been since school. For years he has been developing skills in the art of watercolours and studying birds and wi
27 February 2017
a.m Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Grey heron 27 Avocet 3 Shoveler 6 Northern Lapwing 53 Tufted duck 2 Common snipe 7 Stock dove 5 Mute swan 3 Shelduck 26 Saline Lagoon Wigeon 2 Eurasian teal 17 Hawthorn Wood Brambling 1 Greenfinch 3 Siskin 2 Robin 5 Great sp
27 February 2017
2 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Jack Snipe - main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 6 Pintail - main lake 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Jack Snip
27 February 2017
It was pretty clear that an number of species had left the reserve over the weekend, a couple of hundred Lapwing were all I could find with the only flocks being on the South Lake wader scrape (50), Rushy (20) and Bottom New Piece (20), on the plus side i
26 February 2017
Water levels have risen slightly but all paths are clear, all hides apart from Allport hide remain open: Sightings today: Bewick's swan (friends hide 1 late afternoon) Mute Swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Goldeneye (7, 5 male 2 female, males displaying) M
26 February 2017
The Woodcock is still being seen but is difficult to find at times, also the male Brambling is still visiting the bird table at Janet Kear Hide. A big increase in Avocet in recent days from 21 to 45 birds now present, also 100+ Oystercatcher, 6 Curlew, 1
26 February 2017
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 3 Kestrel 2 (pair) Grey heron 42 Shoveler 15 Eurasian shelduck 27 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 53 Redshank 16 Goosander 1 Lesser black-backed gull 1 Common snipe 3 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal 22 Eurasian curlew 1 Hawthor
26 February 2017
3 Shelduck - main lake 1 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Jack Snipe - main lake 1 Common Snipe - main lake 4 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 5 Pintail - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon
26 February 2017
Lapwing Golden Plover Whooper Swans Bewick's Swans Barn Owl Little Egret Teal Wigeon Snipe Goldeneye x4 Pochard Mallard Coot Moorhen Pied Wagtail Greylag Geese Gadwall Tufted Duck Dunlin Reed Bunting Shelduck Stonechat Shoveler Pintail Cormorant Goldfinch
25 February 2017
Bewick's swan in flight (photo by Colin Butters) Rushy Just 65 Bewicks here this morning and another 25 on the Dumbles, so looking like we lost about 70 Swans last night. Still good numbers of Duck here with 120 Pinta
25 February 2017
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet - 1 Lapwing - 90 Redshank - 67 Oystercatcher - 4 Grey Heron - 36 Wigeon - 8 Shoveler - 28 Shelduck - 64 Teal - 51 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 5 Shelduck - 2 Wigeon - 2 Hawthorn Wood Brambling - 1 Bullfinch - 16 Siskin - 1
25 February 2017