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Wildlife sightings - 15/02/18
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Mute swan 2 Shelduck 30 Teal 28 Wigeon 6 Lapwing 12 Common snipe 8 Redshank 4 Grey heron 8 Grey heron (6 on nests) 8 Common gull 1 Black-headed gull 74 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 2 Hawthorn Wood Siskin 2 Greenfinc
15 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 15th February 2018
2 Bittern - main lake SE corner and N shore 4 Shelduck - main lake, wader scrape 6 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Caspian Gull - main lake from WWF Hide 7 Fieldfare - wader scrape and reservoir lagoon bank 15 Siskin - South route Januar
15 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 14/02/18
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Curlew 200 (flew off and headed west at 8.10am) Shoveler 19 (15 male and 4 female) Grey heron 4 Kestrel 1 (male) Gadwall 2 (a pair) Stock dove 3 Lapwing 29 Shelduck 28 Black-headed gull 250+ Wigeon 2 (a pair) Herring gull 2 &nb
14 February 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick's swan Mallard Wigeon Pintail Pochard Coot Moorhen Little egret Redshank Snipe Lapwing Black-headed gull Starling Reed bunting Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Blackbird Collared dove Wood pigeon Kestrel Marsh harrier Bar
14 February 2018
Latest Sightings
Good viewing conditions on Tuesday but a little on the wet and windy side on Wednesday. At least the forecast into the weekend looks much better. Still packed with wintering wildfowl. The numbers will tend to hold up into March but then quickly decline as
14 February 2018
Today's sightings
Another cold start on the reserve with ice covering the pools from the Zeiss Hide and the lower pond on the Rushy. Rushy Hide & Peng Observatory A few waders roosted on the causeway and islands including 150+ Lapwing, single Redshank and Ruff and a pa
14 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 14th February 2018
1 Bittern - main lake SE corner 1 Goldeneye - main lake 3 Shelduck - main lake, grazing marsh, wader scrape 9 Pintail - main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 7 Fieldfare - wader scrape and reservoir lagoon bank 1 Redwing - wader scrape bank 135 Tufted
14 February 2018
Reserve Update Wednesday 14th February
Another changeable weather day with snow showers moving in. Wader sightings remain good with over 60 Redshank on the Folly Pond together with a few Lapwing and Curlew. Yesterday there were over 50 Golden Plover there too. Wigeon and Teal numbers hav
14 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 13th February 2018
1 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Goldeneye - main lake 6 Shelduck - main lake, grazing marsh, wader scrape 9 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh, sheltered lagoon, wader scrape 7 Fieldfare - wader scrape bank 9 Redwing - entrance area 1 Peregrine - perched
14 February 2018
Today's Sightings
Whooper swan Bewick's swan Mute swan Greylag Shelduck Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Goldeneye Cormorant Coot Moorhen Redshank Dunlin Lapwing Black-headed gull Starling Reed bunting Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Chaffinch Brambling
13 February 2018
Today's Sightings
Moorhen Tree sparrow Lapwing Goldfinch Mute swan House sparrow Reed bunting Whooper swan Pochard Wigeon Mallard Bewick's swan Brambling Stonechat Long-tailed tit Chaffinch Pintail
13 February 2018
Recent Sightings (9th-13th Jan)
Redwing. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Lots of activity on the reserve including a Sparrowhawk and Buzzard, vocal Cetti's Warbler (2) and Song Thrush (3), as well as 8 Redwing, 7 Water Rail, 1 drumming Great
13 February 2018
Avocet return.
Can we say this is the first sign of spring? The first of the returning Avocet were on Vinson's Marsh this morning, just 3 birds. In the coming weeks this number will increases considerably, watch this space.. The traditio
13 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 13/02/18
a.m Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Kestrel 1 Lapwing 60 Grey heron 7 Black-headed gull 185 Eurasian teal 20 Gadwall 20 Shoveler 1 Common snipe 11 Shelduck 24 Wigeon 2 Great black-backed gull 2 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 1 Curlew 62 Jackdaw 1 Hawthorn Wood
13 February 2018
Sky's the limit! Conservationist who conquered fear of flying bags prestigious aviation award
WWT’s Sacha Dench has been awarded the coveted Britannia Trophy for her record-breaking solo 7000km journey by paramotor across the endangered Bewick’s swans’ migratory route. The 42-year-old began paramotoring after joining WWT in 2009 following a
13 February 2018