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Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Common Crane  - 4 (Lyle Hide) Dunlin - 5 Ruff Snipe Lapwing Green sandpiper Gadwall Shoveler Wigeon Teal - 200 Tree sparrow - 13 Marsh Harrier Sparrowhawk Kestrel

21 September 2017

Reserve Update Thursday 21st September

Reserve Update Thursday 21st September

No sign of the Barnacle Geese so far this morning....but it is a little murky out there!  The over-summered Whooper Swan remains on the Flood Ground together with three Little Grebes.  A further two Little Grebes are present on the Whopper Pond.  Large

21 September 2017

Wildlife sightings for 21st September 2017

Wildlife sightings for 21st September 2017

2 Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Rail - south route 5 Wigeon - main lake 2 Black Swan - main lake 2 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Swallow - flew SW 2 Grey Wagtail - flew S and SE 1 Wheatear - wader scrape 3 Stonechat - marsh

21 September 2017

Whooper Swans return

Whooper Swans return

The first Whooper Swans appeared yesterday with a count of 7 birds, we have had 5 with us throughout the summer so 2 new birds seemingly arriving with the recent big arrival of Pink-footed Geese, also coinciding with returning birds on the Western Isles i

20 September 2017

Todays highlights

Todays highlights

Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Mallard Shoveler Teal Wigeon Gadwall Crane (x4) Little egret Moorhen Lapwing Snipe Ruff Black-tailed godwit Green sandpiper Dunlin Cormorant Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Blue tit Great tit Swallow House martin Cetti'

20 September 2017

High Tide Watch Brings Keen Birders Flocking

High Tide Watch Brings Keen Birders Flocking

                          Bird enthusiasts flocked to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre for a special ‘after-hours’ guided High Tide Watch on 19 September when the first September tide to rea

20 September 2017

Junior photo winner

Junior photo winner

Joshua Brierley aged 14 from Lostock, Bolton, has won the WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre Junior Photography Competition with an amazing picture of a whistling duck bathing in water.  The competition was judged by photographer Ben Cherry: ”It takes pati

20 September 2017

Wildlife sightings 20/09/17

Wildlife sightings 20/09/17

a.m. low tide Wader Lake Lapwing 100 Mute swan Snipe Redshank 20 Greylag 3 Eurasian Teal 10 Black tailed godwit 6 Robin Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch 5 Bullfinch 2 great tit 3 Willow tit 2  

20 September 2017

New urban wetland at WWT London Wetland Centre

New urban wetland at WWT London Wetland Centre

A new urban wetland feature at WWT London Wetland Centre is showing visitors how to use rainwater to improve their environment and for wetland wildlife A series of ponds and planters in the courtyard capture rainfall from the visitor centre’s roofs, and

20 September 2017

Head to the Zeiss Hide

Head to the Zeiss Hide

It has been a great morning at the Zeiss Hide with 6 juvenile Little Stint and 4 Curlew Sandpiper amongst the rest of the wader flock.  We'll be working on the South Lake today so the waders here will likely relocate to the Top New Piece, further bolster

20 September 2017

Wildlife sightings for 20th September 2017

Wildlife sightings for 20th September 2017

1 Little Egret - wader scrape 3 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Wheatear - gazing marsh 1 Whinchat - grazing marsh 10 Wigeon - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Black Swan - main lake   August bird highlights: Common Sandpipe

20 September 2017

Recent Sightings (16th- 19th Sep)

Recent Sightings (16th- 19th Sep)

British Steel Hide A slightly less exciting few days on the rare wader front but the Spotted Redshank and two Spoonbills continue to be regulars on the saline lagoons. A Curlew Sandpiper, a Whimbrel, Grey Plover and Green Sandpiper were reported over th

19 September 2017

Sightings Tuesday 19th September

Sightings Tuesday 19th September

All hides remain open including Summer walk. Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Mallard Shoveler Teal Wigeon Crane (8) flying South to North on reserve Coot Moorhen Pheasant Stock dove Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Lapwing Ruff Snipe

19 September 2017

World Record Holders

World Record Holders

World’s largest bug hotel built at WWT Martin Mere in Lancashire WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has been awarded a Guinness World Record for creating the world’s largest bug hotel at 18.46m3. The hotel’s residents already include leafcutter bees, ma

19 September 2017

World record holders

World record holders

World’s largest bug hotel built at WWT Martin Mere in Lancashire WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has been awarded a Guinness World Record for creating the world’s largest bug hotel at 18.46m3. The hotel’s residents already include leafcutter bees, m

19 September 2017