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Wildlife sightings - 12/10/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Lapwing 116 Redshank 42 Curlew 7 Black-tailed godwit 10 Common snipe 3 Stock dove 22 (meadow) Kestrel 1 (meadow) Saline Lagoon Curlew 27 Common snipe 3 Redshank 10 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Bull
12 October 2017
Today's Highlights
Cranes-33 at Nelson-Lyle hide Whooper swans Mute swans Canada geese Greylag geese Shoveler Teal Wigeon Grey heron Lapwing Coot Ruff Ringed plover-2 Dunlin-4 Common sandpiper Kingfisher-below cafe Green woodpecker Cetti's warbler Tree sparrow Linnet Goldfi
12 October 2017
Reserve Update Thursday 12th October
Calmer day today with a lovely autumn blue sky first thing this morning. The Barnacle Geese are taking advantage of the good weather after their enforced day on the Merse yesterday to move out into the fields for grazing. Avenue Tower is a good spot a
12 October 2017
WWT's very own 'human swan' recognised by Women of the Year
Sacha Dench of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), will be named as one of Britain’s ‘Women of the Year’ at a prestigious lunch to celebrate ‘2017 Woman of Achievement’. She will join over 400 women from all walks of life and represents not
12 October 2017
How's about jack
It appears as though there has been an arrival of jack snipe overnight with at least 4 birds seen this morning. Three birds were on the Top New Piece seen from the Zeiss Hide - look along the west shoreline of the body of water that extends from the Zei
12 October 2017
Wildlife sightings for 12th October 2017
3 Stonechat - grazing marsh, reedbed 7 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh, main lake 1 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 1 Kingfisher - wader scrape 51 Pochard - reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon 1 Black Swan - main lake September/October bird highli
12 October 2017
It's all about the trees
If you've visited us recently you might have noticed some of our trees getting a bit of a haircut. Just as a garden needs constant maintenance and care to thrive, so do our woodlands. When WWT Washington first opened its doors more than 40 years ago there
11 October 2017
Latest Sightings
A bit of a wash out on Wednesday with rain throughout most of the day. It wasn't too windy and was still quite mild so it could have been worse! Although most of the Pink-footed Geese were off site during the poor weather, we have had around 17000 roostin
11 October 2017
Sightings Wednesday 11th October
Windy day but lots of activity in front of main observatory, well over 400 whooper swans counted in surrounding fields, all hides remain open. Crane - 31 at Lyle hide Mute swan Whooper swan Canada goose Greylag goose Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Wigeon Black
11 October 2017
Reserve Update Wednesday 11th October - Wild Weather!
There are still over 10,000 Barnacle Geese on site today, mostly remaining down on the Merse due to the bad weather conditions. The weather does seem to have led to an influx of Wigeon with over 200 in Corner field and more observed in the Newfie
11 October 2017
Wildlife sightings 11/10/17
a.m. high tide Wader Lake Curlew 6 Lapwing 54 Redshank 98 Black headed gull 25 Teal 10 Saline lagoon Shelduck 4 Curlew 10 Teal 5 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 2 Blue tit Goldfinch Other birds Tree sparrow - feeders outside back of centre building Sparrowhawk -
11 October 2017
Wildlife sightings for 11th October 2017
1 Treecreeper - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - flew over sheltered lagoon 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Grey Wagtail - courtyard 1 Siskin - flew S 1 Black Swan - main lake September/October bird highlights:
11 October 2017
WWT proposes new accountability law
A new law will be proposed at Westminster today (Wed 11 Oct) which would commit the Government to making the UK a little greener and healthier each year, or have to face up to Parliament and the public if they don’t. The WWT (Wildfowl & Wetlands Tru
11 October 2017
Recent Sightings (7th-10th Oct)
British Steel Hide With big high tides during the past few days, good numbers of Curlew have been seen on the saline lagoons with the highest count being 307. During high tides, total numbers of waders on the saline has been over 1450. This has incl
10 October 2017
Today's sightings
Cranes (x31, Lyle Hide) Whooper swans (x250) Greylag Canada goose Mallard Shoveler Teal Wigeon Gadwall Little grebe Moorhen Black-tailed godwit Ruff Common sandpiper Snipe Ringed plover Dunlin Cormorant Lapwing Kingfisher Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfi
10 October 2017