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Today's Highlights
Mute Swan Whooper Swan Bewick's Swan Shelduck Shoveler Wigeon Teal Tufted Duck Pochard Pintail Gadwall Mallard Goldeneye Golden Plover - 25 on Lady Fen Curlew - 10 on Lady Fen Lapwing Snipe Redshank Oystercatcher Kingfisher - On ponds next to the car park
19 March 2017
Wildlife Sightings - 19/03/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Kestrel - 2 Mute Swan - 2 Avocet - 21 Common Snipe - 7 Oystercatcher - 17 Gadwall - 6 Shoveler - 10 Redshank - 36 Goosander - 3 Grey Heron - 42 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Saline Lagoon Eurasian Teal - 12 Oystercatcher - 2 Gad
19 March 2017
Wildlife sightings for 19th March 2017
1 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon 2 Sand Martin - main lake 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Caspian Gull - wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - main lake (island 21) 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 4 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon, south route 2 Little Egr
19 March 2017
Sightings
Bird of the day was a Bittern seen well in flight from the 2nd viewing screen along the reedbed walk this morning just after 10am, this bird is probably from somewhere on the continent and has been wintering unseen in our now extensive reedbed areas all w
18 March 2017
Today's Highlights
Mute swans Whooper swans Bewick's swans-Main Obs and Lyle hide Shelduck Shoveler Wigeon Teal Tufted duck Pochard Pintail Mallard Goldeneye Little grebe-Main Obs Great crested grebe Redshank-7 Golden plover Snipe Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Oystercatcher C
18 March 2017
Wildlife sightings for 18th March 2017
1 Wheatear - marsh (north bund) 0950hrs 1 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon 5 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon, south route 2 Sand Martin - scrape, sheltered lagoon 7 Reed Bunting - reedbed, main lake, sheltered lagoon 2 Little Egret - marsh 4 Shel
18 March 2017
Wildlife Sightings - 18/03/17
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Avocet - 22 Lapwing - 51 Redshank - 30 Common Snipe - 17 Jack Snipe - 1 Oystercatcher - 4 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Mute Swan - 2 Gadwall - 6 Shoveler - 10 Wigeon - 2 Teal - 43 Shelduck - 16 Common Gull - 2 Black-headed Gull
18 March 2017
Kingfisher activity
Kingfisher Hide Lots of activity from the Kingfishers. Two birds both with pale bases to the bill have been excavating this morning. The Lapwing are very active over the new pieces with over 20 birds displaying. A Little Grebe and several Gadwall were
18 March 2017
Latest Sightings - 18th March - feeling spring-like
It's dry so far and feeling quite spring-like at the moment. Birds are singing, Primroses are flowering, and so are the Blackthorn bushes! Black-headed Gulls are looking for nesting sites around the Flood Ground, some of them look like they could use our
18 March 2017
Bird News
The Green-winged Teal seen this morninig from the Ron Barker hide was almost certainly the one which has spent most if not all of this Winter at Martin Mere, although it has been a number of weeks since it was last reported. The current weather seems to h
17 March 2017
Maghull & Lydiate Art Group
The latest exhibition has been unveiled at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre by the Maghull and Lydiate Art Group. The art group has been in existence since 1970 and is an integrated member of the community with monthly meetings, professional painting demons
17 March 2017
Recent Sightings
Chiffchaff in song Cr. WWT British Steel Hide Great Crested Grebe 2 Cormorant 3 Little Egret 4 Greylag 38 Canada Goose 10 Brent Goose 135 Shelduck 163 Wigeon 115 Gadwall 6 Teal 7 Mallard 3 Shoveler 6 Tufted Duck 8 Pe
17 March 2017
Wildlife sightings - 17/03/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 22 Lapwing 53 Oystercatcher 4 Redshank 16 Mute swan 2 Gadwall 4 Wigeon 2 Teal 27 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 14 Kestrel 2 Saline Lagoon Mute swan 2 Avocet 2 Gadwall 2 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Willow tit 1 Bul
17 March 2017
Wildlife sightings for 17th March 2017
2 Dunlin - marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - resr lagoon, then flew towards the river 1 Jack Snipe 4 Shelduck - scrape, main lake, resr lagoon 3 Redshank - main lake, marsh 1 Willow Warbler - wildside 1 Water Pipit - marsh 1 Wheatear - marsh p.m 5 Chiffchaff -
17 March 2017
Last bits of Winter
Over the last few days we've seen the last few grasps of Winter start to loosen their grip on the reserve. It looks as though all the Pintail have now departed, as have the last six Bewick's Swans. Other winter flocks are also dropping as we're down t
17 March 2017