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Stunning Birds and Light
A little rain this week has caused some flooding and the Tack Piece is finally pulling in some birds. If you want to see the site at its winter best come and see us in the next two weeks. Zeiss and South Finger Hides Whitefronted Goose 87 Briefly before
4 February 2017
Latest Sightings - 4th February
No sign of the American Wigeon for the past couple of days. There are fewer Wigeon on site, so it could be feeding away from the reserve somewhere. It may still reappear though. Todays high tide is at 17:33, 8.5m Around the reserve today: Barnacle Geese:
4 February 2017
Wildlife sightings for 4th February 2017
2 Bittern - main lake 2 Shelduck - main lake 5 Pintail - main lake 7 Mandarin - main lake, wildside 11 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 7 Redwing - entrance area 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge Janua
4 February 2017
Today's Highlights
White-fronted geese-9 on Lady Fen Great white egret Bewick's swans-Main Observatory and Friends hide Whooper swans Golden plover Lapwing Ruff Black-tailed godwit Dunlin Redshank Shoveler Shelduck Gadwall Wigeon Teal Snipe Little egret Curlew Glaucous gull
3 February 2017
Bird News
From The Mere today, 3 Little Erets, 2,000 + Lapwings, 12 Oystercatchers, 6+ Black-tailed Godwits, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 3+ Common Buzzards
3 February 2017
Recent Sightings
Goldeneye (c) Dominic Heard Millennium wetlands Grey Heron x 2 Mute Swan x 4 Shelduck x 4 Gadwall x 30 Teal x 29 Mallard x 22 Shoveler x 5 Tufted Duck x 18 Coot x 27 Lapwing x 88 Black-tailed Godwit x 250 Black Headed Gull x 5 Herring Gull x 26
3 February 2017
Latest Sightings - 3rd February - Hen Harrier again today!
The male Hen Harrier flew over the Whooper Pond first thing this morning, so keep an eye out for it today. A Merlin was giving good views at the Avenue Tower yesterday and there are huge numbers of Barnacle Geese around the site at the moment. Todays high
3 February 2017
Today's sightings
A great start to the day in the sunshine with the highlight being an adult male Goshawk hunting from the Zeiss Hide. Check out the video on our Twitter here. The bird had lots of choose from with plenty of duck and waders on the scrape and feeding in
3 February 2017
Wildlife sightings - 03/02/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 24 Lapwing 30 Shelduck 8 Eurasian teal 23 Shoveler 2 Wigeon 1 Black-headed gull 18 Herring gull 4 Mute swan 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew 30 Eurasian teal 12 Grey heron 1 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 4 Dunnock 2 Robin 4 Lon
3 February 2017
Wildlife sightings for 3rd February 2017
1 Bittern - main lake North shore 148 Shoveler - site count 6 Black-Tailed Godwit - circled reserve before flying East 5 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh January bird highlights: Bittern, Brent Goose, Jack Snipe, Black-Tailed Godwit, Yel
3 February 2017
Wildlife sightings for 2nd February 2017
2 Bittern - main lake 1 Nuthatch - Q.E.W 1 Yellow Legged Gull 1st winter - 22 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh January bird highlights: Bittern, Brent Goose, Jack Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull
3 February 2017
Wet and windy!
The recent rains have topped up many of the pools and left standing water in many of the fields, particularly the fields around the South Finger hides and out on the Dumbles, where birds are making the most of the conditions! Holden Tower The Dumbles wer
2 February 2017
Wildlife sightings - 02/02/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 12 (herons have begun courtship and displaying) Northern lapwing 50 Shelduck 11 Kestrel 2 Coot 1 Teal 9 Saline Lagoon Curlew 25 Wigeon 1 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 6 Blue tit 10 Chaffinch 12 Goldfinch 3 Dunnock 4 R
2 February 2017
Sightings 02/02/2017
The lochar field and the flood ground are still looking really good with big numbers of Wigeon, Teal and Barnacle Geese feeding here. Flocks of Lapwing and Golden Plover are also regularly dropping in with a 2610 of the later swirling around yesterday aft
2 February 2017
World Wetlands Day
February 2nd is annual World Wetlands Day. It’s a day to celebrate everything that happens when you mix water and wildlife. Wetlands are amazing places Wet nature is lush nature. Parts of the UK receive more rain annually than the Amazon rainforest. But
2 February 2017