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Recent Sightings 18th September 2017
The following sightings were recorded today from the reserve at Castle Espie. We had a very good count yesterday for our WeBS survey, good to see waders and geese returning to the lough. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory 4
18 September 2017
Wildlife sightings 18/09/17
a.m. low tide Wader Lake Common snipe 3 Curlew 2 Eurasian teal 47 Shoveler 3 Greylag Shelduck 4 Kestrel (female) Black tailed godwit 5 Lapwing 17 Mistle thrush 2 Great spotted woodpecker Saline lagoon Grey heron 3 Curlew Hawthorn Wood Wood pigeon Chaffinc
18 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 18th September 2017
1 Glossy Ibis - feeding on the scrape 1 Wheatear - scrape 3 Yellow Wagtail - scrape bank(1) + flying SW 2 Wigeon - scrape 2 Black Swan - main lake 12 Meadow Pipit - marsh(2) + flying S+W 14 Chiffchaff - entrance lake, south route, wildside August
18 September 2017
Today's Sightings
Snipe Mallard Teal Gadwall Pintail Greylag Geese Lapwing Marsh Harrier Tree Sparrow Barn Owl Swallow Grey Heron Yellow Wagtail
17 September 2017
Sunday 17th Sept - First Barnies!!
As predicted the first Barnacle Geese were imminent - there 121 currently in our Lochar Field, adjacent the Avenue Tower. Not quite the earliest arrival on record, but close! Winds are quite light but northerly - will there be a big fall? 400 Pintail on
17 September 2017
Todays Sightings
Rushy Coot 90 Teal 43 Gadwall 23 Shoveler 3 Wigeon 8 Wigeon Hybrid 8 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Ruff 2 Redshank 2 Greywag 1 Blackcap 1 Kingfisher 1 Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Linnet 40 Cettis 1 South Lake Teal 143 Shoveler 118 Tufted Duck 81 Lapwing 43 Snipe 1
17 September 2017
Wildlife sightings 17/09/17
a.m. low tide Wader Lake Eurasian teal 49 Redshank 6 Shoveler (eclipse plumage) Jay Gadwall 6 Lapwing 137 Black tailed godwit 3 Curlew 4 Kestrel (male) Shelduck (juvenile) 4 Saline lagoon Buzzard Teal 13 Hawthorn Wood Greenfinch 3 Chaffinch 6 Willow tit G
17 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 17th September 2017
1 Glossy Ibis - feeding on the wader scrape at 17:30 1 Ruff - main lake 2 Black-tailed Godwit - main lake in front of WWF hide 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 2 Black Swan - main lake 3 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 20+ Sand
17 September 2017
Today's Sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Mallard Shoveler Teal Wigeon Gadwall Greylag Moorhen Redshank Snipe Common sandpiper Lapwing Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Great tit Blue tit Swallow House martin Collared dove Wood pigeon Marsh harrier Buzzard
16 September 2017
Latest Sightings - 16th September
Still a slight northerly wind for the next few days which could aide migrants heading down from the Arctic. We are still waiting for Whooper Swans to arrive and join the one that over-summered, 3 arrived in late September last year but it wasn't until t
16 September 2017
More Curlew Sandpiper
Zeiss Hide Teal 293 Wigeon 39 Curlew Sandpiper 3 juvs Wood Sandpiper 1 juv Green Sandpiper 1 Redshank 6 Black Tailed Godwit 6 Snipe 1 Rushy Snipe 1 Redshank 1 Ruff 2 Black Tailed Godwit 2 Gadwall 36 Wigeon 2 Wigeon hybrid 1 Coot 42 Little Grebe 2 Grey Wa
16 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 16th September 2017
2 Snipe - wader scrape 2 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Hobby - entrance area 1 Peregrine - perched on charing cross hospital August bird highlights: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Knot,
16 September 2017
Recent Sightings (13th- 15th Sep)
British Steel Hide Black-tailed Godwit numbers have remained consistently high over the past few days, with counts of 1142 and 1195 on the 13th and 15th respectively. A Bar-tailed Godwit has also been a regular fixture in amongst the Godwit flock, althou
15 September 2017
Tracking the arrivals
More Pink-footed Geese have arrived/are arriving with 5500+ counted early afternoon. If you want to track some of the Pink-footed Geese, WWT Monitoring have set up a site which updates the satellite telemetry on a number of goose species. Click on this li
15 September 2017
Tracking geese
Goose migration is well underway and we currently have 2000 Pink-footed Geese roosting on our reserve. Over the next few weeks (weather permitting) the numbers will rise up to a staggering 40,000 becoming one of the best wildlife spectacles in the UK. Las
15 September 2017