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Wildlife Sightings - 15.6.17
Am Tide/High Wader Lake Ringer Plover - 2 Avocet - 23 + 18 Chicks Oystercatcher - 12 Lapwing - 12 Gadwall - 5 + 12 Ducklings Common Tern - 100 + 1 Chick Shelduck - 30 + 6 Ducklings Saline Lagoon Lapwing 2 + 4 Chicks Shelduck - 2
15 June 2017
What's in a name? Introducing our baby otters!
What’s in a name? Well, more than you would realise when it comes to baby Asian short-clawed otters… The four new cubs - Buster, Irene, Shirley and Rita - with their older siblings, mam and dad. Pic by Ian Henderson.
15 June 2017
Wildlife sightings for 15th June 2017
1 Little Egret - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Common Tern - main lake 2 Shoveler - wader scrape, main lake 2 Chiffchaff - South route, wildside May bird highlights: Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Whinchat, Oystercatcher, Gree
15 June 2017
Cattle Egret
Warming up today feeling very summer like. A Cattle Egret flew onto the reserve around 1pm. Martin Mere had Lancashire's first record in 1999 but in the last two years they have been annual. Once mega rare Cattle Egrets ar
14 June 2017
Wildlife sightings - 14/06/2017
AM mid tide Wader Lake Kestrel 1 adult and 3 juvenile Little ringed plover 2 Black-tailed godwit 1 Oystercatcher 1 Avocet 23 adults and 21 chicks Shoveler 3 Shelduck 26 Common tern 90+ Hawthorn Wood feeding station Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Chaffi
14 June 2017
Reserve Update Wednesday 14th June
It is baby bird bonanza down at the Teal Pond this morning. There is still the one Oystercatcher chick being attentively fed by it's parents. Four very noisy Swallow chicks can now be seen in the hide itself, with more chicks heard on a nest outside
14 June 2017
Wildlife sightings for 14th June 2017
3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shoveler - reservoir lagoon, main lake 2 Chiffchaff - South route, wildside 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge May bird highlights: Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plo
14 June 2017
Sightings Wednesday 14th June
Bright warm start to the day, all hides are open including the Summer walk so expect to see lots of dragonflies about the reserve. Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Graylag goose Grey heron Pochard Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Little egret Avocet B
14 June 2017
Ramblings of a Reserve Warden
Reserve warden David Dinsley is no stranger when it comes to birds, and his passion is clear with the latest project at Hawthorn Wood. In the first instalment of #ReserveRamblings, it's over to David to tell you more… The willow tit is a declinin
13 June 2017
Today's Sightings
Lapwing Avocet Redshank Egyptian Goose Black-tailed Godwit Little Ringed Plover Shelduck Swallow House Martin Sedge Warbler Kingfisher House Sparrow Tree Sparrow Shoveler Pied Wagtail Goldfinch Oystercatcher Reed Bunting
13 June 2017
Recent Sightings
Reed Bunting Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 5 Grey Heron 1 Mute Swan 11 Canada Goose Gadwall 10 Pochard 7 (6 ducklings) Tufted Duck 8 Peregrine 1 Water Rail 1 Black headed gulls Mediterranean Gull 1
13 June 2017
Wildlife sightings - 13/06/17
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Avocet 25 + 16 chicks Kestrel 2 Shelduck 15 Tufted duck 8 Teal 1 Gadwall 7 + 10 ducklings Common tern 120 Lapwing 5 Black-tailed godwit 1 Ringed plover 2 Oystercatcher 2 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 3 Lapwing 2 + 1 chick Eur
13 June 2017
Rare birds released on the Fens in ‘conservation first’ for the UK
25 rare black-tailed godwits were released into their new home in the Cambridgeshire Fens yesterday by conservationists from RSPB and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) as part of ‘Project Godwit’. After the eggs were removed from nests and hatc
13 June 2017
Make a Bug Hotel with dad this father’s day with FREE entry at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre
Why not treat your loved ones this father’s day with FREE entry for dad, tad or tad-cu at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre on Sunday 18 June and enjoy the stunning surroundings overlooking the incredible Gower Peninsula. This is a proper treat for dad and a
13 June 2017
Wildlife sightings for 13th June 2017
2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Redshank - reservoir lagoon 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Shoveler - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge May bird highlights: Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Whinchat, Oystercatcher, Greenshank, Whi
13 June 2017