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Today's Sightings
Spoonbill - Main Observatory Turnstone x 3 - Lady Fen Lapwing Avocet Great white egret - Lyle Hide Common tern Redshank Little egret Barn owl Shelduck Shoveler Cuckoo Tufted duck Reed warbler Sedge warbler Grey Heron Cormarant Black headed gull and chicks
18 May 2017
Avocet Heaven
Rushy Some great birding here this morning, five 1st summer Med Gulls and one adult. The Little Gull was also present here along with a redshank also being present. 12 Avocets were here, with 4 little chicks also running around. Robbie Garnett This morni
18 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 18/05/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Oystercatcher 2 Grey heron 28 Shelduck 13 Avocet 26 + 9 Black-tailed godwit 1 Shoveler 1 Common tern 106 Tufted duck 8 Lapwing 10 + 11 chicks Saline lagoon Avocet 2 Shoveler 1 Oystercatcher 1 Tufted duck 20 Lesser black-ba
18 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 18th May 2017
1 Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Tern - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 4 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, main lake 3 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing b
18 May 2017
Reserve Update Thursday 18th May
Lovely start to the morning, with hawthorn blossom wafting on the breeze and the smell of wild garlic down the Avenue. A Spotted Flycatcher was seen briefly in the hawthorn trees on the walk.....juvenile robins and blackbirds are more evident. Sedge W
18 May 2017
Sightings
A good day with a few new birds, the best of which for rarity value was the diminutive Temminck's Stint that was refound on Woodend Marsh viewable from UU Hide. Martin Mere is probably the premier site in the Northwest for this species, with many records
17 May 2017
Todays Sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Mallard Shoveler Teal Shelduck Gadwall Little ringed plover Ringed plover Dunlin Redshank Avocet Lapwing Moorhen Coot Black tailed godwit Common Tern House martin Goldfinch Chaffinch Great tit Blue tit Tree sparrow
17 May 2017
A downpour
As you may have noticed, its been a very wet day with near constant rainfall at least in this part of the world. We're watching water levels on several pools to make sure we keep enough water for the birds, but not enough to flood out some of our ground
17 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 17/05/2017
AM high tide Wader Lake: Common tern 105 Avocet 27 adults and 6 chicks Ringed plover 2 Little-ringed plover 1 Redshank 4 Black-tailed godwit 1 Gadwall 1 Shoveler 1 Lapwing 20 adults and 12 chicks Black-headed gulls 18 Saline lagoon: Avocet 2
17 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 17th May 2017
1 Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Tern - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 2 Redshank - reservoir lagoon 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge May bird highl
17 May 2017
Today's Sightings
Avocet and Chicks Lapwing Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Gadwall Redshank Little Egret Spoonbill Corn Bunting Yellow Wagtail Reed Bunting Swallow Common Tern
16 May 2017
New feathered friends at Washington Wetland Centre
In order to ensure the success of our conservation breeding programmes, one of our aims is to keep populations of birds as genetically diverse as possible. Every year we identify birds that we may need to pair, or colleagues at other centres within the WW
16 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 16/05/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 29 + 9 chicks Grey heron 22 Ringed plover 2 Shoveler 2 Redshank 4 Common tern 91 Eurasian teal 2 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Black-headed gull 23 Gadwall 4 Saline Lagoon Tufted duck 7 Avocet 2 Shoveler 1 Hawthorn Woo
16 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 16th May 2017
2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Redshank - main lake 1 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Whitethroat - singing beside entrance bridge May bird high
16 May 2017
Sightings
A wet and windy day which didn't produce much, but a Yellow Wagtail over the Mere mid afternoon was a new bird for the year. A 2nd cal year Mediterranean Gull was around mid afternoon also Common Gull and Great black-backed Gull on the Mere. Lots of Avoce
15 May 2017