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Latest Sightings - Sunday 7th May - nests all around
Whilst exploring our LEGO® Brick animal trail, keep an eye on the new nesting rafts. Oystercatchers and Black-headed Gulls are building nests and sitting on eggs! Jackdaws are also nesting at the moment, and keeping the Longhorn cattle groomed by takin
7 May 2017
Warblers
Plenty of singing Warblers around the reserve with possibly upto 5 Grasshopper Warblers in the Reedbed Walk area including one bird showing from the UU Hide, also plenty of Sedge and Reed Warblers. At least 3 male Whitethroat and plenty of Blackcap, a few
6 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilts Yellow wagtail Sedge warbler Little egret Great white egret Grey heron Marsh harrier Kestrel Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Swallow House martin Tree sparrow Cetti's warbler Pied wagtail Green woodpecker Cormorant Coot Moorhen La
6 May 2017
Black Tern
South lake Some pretty special bird watching here this morning. The Black Tern was very active on the lake often very close to the hide, there was a group of 8 Ruff many males with full ruffs of various colour all interacting and displaying. The Black tai
6 May 2017
Latest Sightings - Saturday 6th May
A bit more cloud around today which is good for bird watching as there is less glare and haze from the sun. Swallows have begun nest building in the Teal Pond Hide, if you stand very still and quiet in the right-hand corner you can watch them flying in th
6 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2017
1 Grey Plover - main lake 8 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape, main lake 1 Ringed Plover - 5 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Redshank - reservoir lagoon, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shelduck
6 May 2017
Bird News
A Hobby showing well over the new reedbed this morning was today's star bird. A single adult Mediterranean Gull and 2 Whimbrel were on the Mere, as were the two, seemingly now resident Little Ringed Plovers, and a single Common Sandpiper. Just off the res
5 May 2017
Sightings for Friday 5th May
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Egyptian goose Gadwall Pochard Shelduck Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Great white egret Little egret Grey heron Avocet Bar-tailed godwit Black-tailed godwit Black-winged stilt Common sandpiper Dunlin Greenshank Lapwing Lit
5 May 2017
Recent sightings - 5th May
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Estuary Brent geese 16, Oystercatcher +200, Black-headed gull +100. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Black-headed gull 150, Tufted duck 6,
5 May 2017
Bat box survey results
Our friends at Durham Bat Group joined us at the weekend to carry out a spring bat box survey across site – and would you look at what we found! This fine-looking male Soprano Pipistrelle was roosting in one of the boxes near the river. Quite fi
5 May 2017
Recent Sightings
Avocet Cr Rob Werran Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 3 Cormorant 2 Little Egret 1 Grey Heron 1 Mute Swan 6 Greylag 2 (3 goslings) Canada Goose 2 Shelduck 6 Tufted Duck 11 Sparrowhawk 1 Water Rail 1 Moorhen 5 Coot 2 L
5 May 2017
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Lapwing (6 broods) - 30 + 14 chicks Avocet - 18 Black-tailed Godwit - 12 Redshank - 4 Oystercatcher - 3 Common Tern - 10 Black Headed Gull - 8 Grey Heron - 26 + 20 young Gadwall - 5 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 4
5 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 5th May 2017
13 Shelduck - briefly on main lake and reservoir lagoon before 10 birds flew off North 1 Brent Goose - main lake 1 Grey Plover - main lake 2 Wood Sandpiper - wader scrape 4 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 1 Whimbrel - main lake 3 Li
5 May 2017
Really Wild Weekend Spring Special at Slimbridge Wetland Centre
Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2017 Get up close to new spring life at Slimbridge Slimbridge Wetland Centre is opening its doors to a fresh spring event celebrating new life, with up close animal encounters for the whole family. Taking place on Satur
5 May 2017
Caerlaverock Green-winged Teal seen in Sweden!
Fantastic news that our regular wintering Green-winged Teal (ringed here in 2015 & affectionately known as 'Chuck') has been seen in Sweden! He is currently 1,677km away from us. Hopefully we will see him again this winter. Thanks to Johan Forssell fo
5 May 2017