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Wildlife sightings - 20/06/18

Wildlife sightings - 20/06/18

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Little stint (rare visitor to site) 1 Little ringed plover 1 Avocet 24 Shelduck 4 plus 8 chicks Common tern 74 plus 33 chicks Grey heron 22 Redshank 7 Black-headed gull 46 Lapwing 4 Pied wagtail 1   Saline lagoon (AM, high

20 June 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Whooper swan + 2 cygnets Mute swan + 7 cygnets Greylag Shelduck + 8 ducklings Shoveler Tufted duck Gadwall Mallard Wigeon Coot Moorhen Little egret Avocet Common sandpiper Black tailed godwit Redshank Lapwing Little ringed plover Black headed gull Kingfis

20 June 2018

Green Sandpipers

Green Sandpipers

A Green Sandpiper that was seen from UU Hide on Monday was joined by another bird on Tuesday and both were viewable from Harrier Hide, also from here the Great Crested Grebes still have 2 young. A female Pochard was on the Mere with one medium sized young

20 June 2018

Giant LEGO® Brick Animal Trail returns to Slimbridge!

Giant LEGO® Brick Animal Trail returns to Slimbridge!

From the 7th of July until the 23rd of September the popular Giant LEGO® Brick Animal Trail is heading to WWT Slimbridge, inspired by species from across the WWT sites in a new exciting trail featuring brand new life-size animal characters. A recent LEGO

20 June 2018

Wildlife sightings for 20th June 2018

Wildlife sightings for 20th June 2018

1 Hobby - hunting over wader scrape 1 Kestrel - over main lake 1 Redshank - grazing marsh 2 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 2 Teal - main lake   May/June bird highlights: Temminck’s Stint, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank,

20 June 2018

Swift Awareness Week and Swifts at WWT Slimbridge

Swift Awareness Week and Swifts at WWT Slimbridge

Swifts are a familiar species here at WWT Slimbridge, we expect to see large numbers migrating north in the Spring and often spot them from mid April. We usually have large feeding flocks over the reserve in the summer, presumably birds from local towns

19 June 2018

Recent Sightings (16th-19th June)

Recent Sightings (16th-19th June)

Male Reed Bunting with food, Russ Myners.   Millennium Wetlands Lots to see this week around the reserve. Keep a particular eye out for newly fledged or semi-fledged birds, including Reed Warblers, Blue-tits, Ree

19 June 2018

Sightings for Tuesday 19th June

Sightings for Tuesday 19th June

Warm but overcast here now at Welney after a fine bright start, all hides are open but Summer walk still closed. Please note if traveling from the North Ten mile bank road is closed but you can still approach the Centre from the South (Suspension bridge e

19 June 2018

Wildlife sightings for 19th June 2018

Wildlife sightings for 19th June 2018

2 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 4 Teal - wader scrape, main lake 1 Shoveler - wader scrape 6 Swift - main lake May/June bird highlights: Temminck’s Stint, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Greenshank, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plov

19 June 2018

Tuesday 19th June- Avenue Re-open

Tuesday 19th June- Avenue Re-open

The end of the avenue is re-open so you can now access Avenue Tower. 5 Gadwall ducklings on the Back Pond yesterday, and 2 swallow fledglings in the hide. Lots of other fledglings around at the moment, such as Blue Tits, Great Tits, House Sparrows and Tre

19 June 2018

Wildlife Sightings 19/06/18

Wildlife Sightings 19/06/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Kestrel (juvenile) - 3 Avocet - 29 & 1 chick Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 73 & 35 chicks Black-headed Gull - 24 Grey Heron - 16 Redshank - 16 Teal - 4 Lapwing - 5 & 1 chick Swallow - 2 Saline Lag

19 June 2018

Toadlets emerge & club-tailed dragonfly spotted

Toadlets emerge & club-tailed dragonfly spotted

Toadlets emerged from the ponds to leave the reserve in the damp of Thursday morning Sightings week of June 11-17 Monday 11 June Sand Martin hide: Male pintail ducks, tufted duck and gadwall. Tues 12 June Arun Riverli

18 June 2018

WeBS count

WeBS count

Totals from today's WeBS count were.. 26 L. Grebe, 6 G.Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 8 Little Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 1 GW Egret, 76 Mute Swan, 60 Greylag, 5 Canada G, 40 Barnacle G, 196 Shelduck, 4 Wigeon, 69 Gadwall, 46 Teal, 709 Mallard, 23 Shoveler, 1 Poc

18 June 2018

Today's Highlights

Today's Highlights

Mute swan + cygnets Whooper swan + cygnets Wigeon Pintail Mallard Gadwall Teal Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Black-tailed godwit Avocet + chicks Lapwing Greenshank Redshank Little ringed plover Grey heron Black-headed gull Common tern Tree sp

18 June 2018

It's your Tern

It's your Tern

During May, our busy reserve team placed two new tern rafts on the main lake and saline lagoon at Castle Espie Wetland Centre. These are specially designed to provide an island habitat for terns, which is both safe from flooding and predation. To encoura

18 June 2018