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Wildlife Safaris begin...... .
11.30 and 14.00 Wildlife Safaris Great first safaris today highlights included two Great White Egrets at least 3 Hobbys and 2 Cranes. Lapwing and Redshank were very active and a Kingfisher was seen briefly along the ditch. Reed Buntings, Reed and Sedge Wa
19 May 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Barnacle goose (x3) Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Garganey Pintail Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Great crested grebe Cormorant Coot Moorhen Cranes (2 + chick) Grey heron Bittern (heard booming near Friends hide) Little
19 May 2018
Cuckoos
A lovely day warm in the sun from early on and plenty of insect life for birds feeing young. Four Cuckoo seen on the Outer Reed Bed Walk the birds are calling inside the grounds too and can be seen from the Harrier Hide, Janet Kear Hide and United Utiliti
19 May 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 19/05/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 36 + 3 chicks (9 nests + 2 broods of chicks) Lapwing - 14 + 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 Redshank - 4 Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Grey Heron - 27 adults + 16 chicks Common Tern - 160
19 May 2018
Wildlife sightings for 19th May 2018
2 Ringed Plover - circling site 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon 7 Reed Warbler - reedbed, reservoir lagoon, main lake 6 Blackcap - wildside, sheltered lagoon 25 Swift - main lake, rive
19 May 2018
Garganey
A male Garganey on Woodend Marsh yesterday before moving on to the Mere briefly was our first record for the year of this handsome duck. It was present again on Woodend Marsh today, where 40+ Avocets with at least 9 chicks as of this morning can also be
18 May 2018
Flamingo chicks!
Eight greater flamingo chicks have hatched at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre this week. Centre Manager, Nick Brooks, said: “It is always great to see flamingo chicks at the centre. They are very popular with our visitors. We do a flamingo experience eve
18 May 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Garganey (2 male, 1 female) Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Cranes Bittern (heard booming near Reedbed hide) Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank (mating) Avocet Dunlin Little ringed plover Temminck's stint (
18 May 2018
Recent Sightings (16th-18th May)
Millennium Wetlands Its been a busy week out on the reserve. Still lots of nesting activity on the Deep Water Lake main island and stony islands by Black Headed Gulls and the Lapwings which are having a record year since their decline on the sight the pas
18 May 2018
Wildlife sightings for 18th May 2018
1 Greenshank - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 2 Redshank - wader scrape 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 5 Lapwing chicks - wader scrape, grazing marsh 6 Shoveler - wader scrape 15 Swift - mostly over the main lake 4 House Martin - grazing marsh 8
18 May 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Garganey Pochard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Grey heron Bittern (heard near dragonfly pond) Little egret Black-winged stilt (Nelson-Lyle hide) Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Ruff Reds
17 May 2018
New Life event this May half term
Wild ducklings are wandering the reserve during New Life event May 26 - June 3 The New Life event on 26 May - 3 June at Arundel Wetland Centre offers activities for families to explore what's new in nature this spring
17 May 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 17/5/18
Wader Lake A.M Tide Level - Mid Avocet - 36 Black-Tailed Godwit - 2 Redshank - 2 Little Ringed Plover - 3 Lapwing - 8 Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 110 Black-Headed Gull - 21 Grey Heron - 33 + 15 young Saline Lagoon A.M Tide Level -
17 May 2018
Get nose to beak
Get nose to beak with ducklings this May Half Term at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre This May half term sees the return of the award winning egg-to-duckling experience at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. The event, from Saturday 26 May to Sunday 3 June, al
17 May 2018
Who is your wetland hero? | Marsh Award 2018
For the past two years, we have been rewarding people for their game-changing work with wetlands. So many people across the UK work hard to make a difference for wetland wildlife yet their enormous efforts are overlooked. That is why this year we have add
17 May 2018