2 Bittern - main lake Eastern corner 162 Shoveler - main lake, grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - main lake (island in line with the Headley Hide looking from Peacock Tower) 13 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 3 Shelduck - flew in from the W p.m
17 February 2017
Bewick's swan Mute swan Whooper swan Canada goose Egyptian goose Greylag goose White-fronted goose Gadwall Goldeneye Pintail Pochard Teal Tufted duck Shelduck Shoveler Wigeon Coot Moorhen Water rail Black-tailed godwit Dunlin Golden plover Lapwing Redshan
16 February 2017
After a sighting of a Woodcock near the Canoe Safari yesterday another one was spotted from the path between Gladstone Hide and Janet Kear today, allowing a few people to enjoy this wonderful bird. In full view at first it quickly made itself hard to see
16 February 2017
A nice collection of birds today with the South Lake being the busiest of the hides. We've also had our highest day count of Bewick's Swans for the year with 160 birds present this morning. Zeiss Hide A good mixed flock of 400+ Lapwing and 250+ D
16 February 2017
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Wigeon 6 Teal 137 Gadwall 2 Shoveler 18 Mallard 26 Shelduck 20 Tufted duck 14 Greylag 4 Canada goose 38 Grey heron 36 (20 nests) Redshank 15 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 46 Curlew 3 Stock dove 1 Herring gull 10 Black-headed gul
16 February 2017
1 Caspian Gull (juv) - marsh 3 Bittern - main lake S+N shores 2 Shelduck - main lake, reservoir lagoon 7 Pintail - main lake, sheltered lagoon 13 Meadow Pipit - over SE 4 Song Thrush - singing around the site January/February bird highlights: Bittern,
16 February 2017
The male Brambling is back and showing from Janet Kear Hide today, also Reed Buntings and Long-tailed Tits from here. Good selection of wildfowl as always on site, including 2-300 Whooper Swan, small numbers of Pink-footed Goose, Mallard, Teal, Pintail, S
15 February 2017
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Kestrel 1 Grey heron 2 Eurasian teal 16 Northern shoveler 14 Canada goose 31 Oystercatcher 4 Tufted duck 19 2nd winter great black-backed gull 1 Eurasian shelduck 24 Northern lapwing 64 Gadwall 2 (pair) Saline Lagoon Grey h
15 February 2017
White-fronted geese Golden plover Bewick's swans Brent geese Kingfisher Glaucous gull Little egret Lapwing Wigeon Teal Pochard Whooper swans Mute swans Black-tailed godwit Redshank Dunlin Marsh harrier Gadwall Pintail Tufted duck Shelduck
15 February 2017
1 Redshank - grazing marsh 6 Brent Goose - flew SW 1 Bittern - main lake S shore 1 Siskin - wildside, reservoir lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - main lake 5 Pintail - main lake 21 Redwing - Q.E.W, sheltered l
15 February 2017
Holden Tower Song Thrush, Dunnock and Robin singing, 7 Blackbirds, 60+ Linnet feeding on Tack Piece, 7 Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit and 10 Pied Wagtail. 200 Barnacle Geese were grazing the saltmarsh. 158 White-fronted Geese, 2 Peregrine (male and female), Oys
15 February 2017
Misty start to the morning, but with the promise of sun breaking through, has made it hard to tell for sure what is about. Male Merlin seen first thing from the Saltcot Merse Observatory as well as the singing Skylarks out on the Merse heralding the arr
15 February 2017
This February half term, children of all ages will have super splashing fun at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre as they build their own den, enjoy family bird watching sessions, make their own bird nest box and not forgetting the return of the popular Welsh p
15 February 2017
Spring is on it's way ! The first waders are already starting to make their way slowly back towards their breeding grounds and numbers of Oystercatchers, Black-tailed Godwits, and Snipe are increasing on an almost daily basis at the moment. For photograph
14 February 2017
This morning we conducted our February swan count and found there to be 1,829 Bewick’s swans and 2,000 whooper swans on the WWT section of the Ouse Washes. This indicates that the first few swans have started their spring migrations, we will soon see
14 February 2017