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Sightings Tuesday 17th October
Bright clear day at Welney. Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Gadwall Pochard Shoveler Teal Wigeon Grey heron Black-tailed godwit Common sandpiper Ruff Snipe Linnet Meadow pipit Skylark Stonechat Swallow (at least 6 flying through) Tree sparrow Red-
17 October 2017
Recent Sightings (14th- 17th Oct)
British Steel Hide It has been very quiet the British Steel Hide recently, with only a handful of Black-tailed Godwits, Redshank and Greenshank using the lagoons. Wildfowl have included 6 Shoveler, 15 Tufted Ducks, 7 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 22 Wigeon and 2 Pint
17 October 2017
Calm again
The reserve returned to normal after ex Hurricane Ophelia passed through yesterday. Rushy Hide Juvenile Little-ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Redshank, 2 Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Pintail among the highlights. Tack Piece 1 Ruff, 250 Teal and 30
17 October 2017
Latest Sightings - 17th October
We made it through the night with only minor damage and the reserve is open as normal today. The high tide means we have over 14,000 Barnacle Geese on the reserve. Named Whooper Swan arrivals: ZHP - Andrew K & YFZ - Ruth C
17 October 2017
WWT and wetland centres around the world
Your nearest WWT wetland centre is one of 10 around the UK. But did you know we’ve also helped to design and create dozens more wetland centres around the world? So if you go to Dubai, check out the 20,000 birds at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Or
17 October 2017
Autumnal highlights from across our reserves
We all have our favourite season, but few can argue that there are more dramatic sights than the countryside turning bronze. For our wetlands, it is a spectacular time of year. The first of our migratory birds arrive, having flown vast distances in search
17 October 2017
Wildlife sightings - 17/10/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Eurasian teal 18 Redshank 4 Lapwing 3 Curlew 2 Black-headed gull 30 Saline Lagoon Curlew 22 Eurasian teal 5 Hawthorn Wood Coal tit 2 Blue tit 6 Great tit 3 Chaffinch 8 Robin 1 Other birds Tufted duck - 20 - reservoir Redwin
17 October 2017
Wildlife sightings for 17th October 2017
2 Siskin - South route 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - wader scrape 4 Skylark - flew over heading West 25 Redwing - flew over heading West 40 Chaffinch - flew over heading South West 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge September/October bird h
17 October 2017
Yellow-browed warbler & returning shelducks
Little Grebe carrying food by This morning I watched a clattering of jackdaw mob a juvenile peregrine flying over the Offham Hanger. Crows and jackdaws have been giving the buzzards a difficult time too. On Sun
17 October 2017
Will there be a happy ending for our lonely swan at Caerlaverock?
The young whooper swan arrived in Caerlaverock from Iceland with its family last year but was unable to return this spring after damaging its feathers. As a result, the sad little cygnet has spent a summer on the Solway all alone. Now, as the whooper swan
16 October 2017
Latest Sightings
An extraordinary start to the day when it appeared it wasn't going to get light, all caused by Saharan dust brought up on the weather system driving ex-hurricane Ophelia. When the Sun did break through it looked like this.
16 October 2017
Today's Highlights
Whooper swan Mute swan Canada geese Greylag geese Shoveler Teal Wigeon Grey heron Cormorant Ruff Black-tailed godwit Coot Moorhen Snipe Common sandpiper Dunlin Marsh harrier Buzzard Kestrel Sparrowhawk Meadow pipit Stonechat Pied wagtail Cetti's warbler T
16 October 2017
Wildlife sightings - 16/10/17
a.m. Tide Level: Very low Wader Lake Eurasian teal 12 Redshank 13 Shoveler 1 Lapwing 176 Kestrel 1 Goldfinch 26 Saline Lagoon Curlew 3 Eurasian teal 5 Hawthorn Wood Sparrowhawk 4 Nuthatch 2 Coal tit 14 Blue tit 23 Great tit 24 Chaffinch 8 Willow tit 3 Wre
16 October 2017
Recent Sightings 16th October 2017
Severe weather warnings - unfortunately we have had to close the reserve for safety reasons. However, the following sightings were recorded today at Castle Espie: Estuary – visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent Geese ~100
16 October 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide 2 Ruff, Redshank and a Black-tailed Godwit on the lower pond, 2 Little Grebe, the hybrid male Wigeon with a female Eurasian Wigeon. Tack Piece 400 Teal, 30 Wigeon, Snipe and a Ruff on the scrape. Holden Tower Red-breasted Goose flew to the Seve
16 October 2017