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Wildlife sightings - 02/02/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 12 (herons have begun courtship and displaying) Northern lapwing 50 Shelduck 11 Kestrel 2 Coot 1 Teal 9 Saline Lagoon Curlew 25 Wigeon 1 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 6 Blue tit 10 Chaffinch 12 Goldfinch 3 Dunnock 4 R
2 February 2017
Sightings 02/02/2017
The lochar field and the flood ground are still looking really good with big numbers of Wigeon, Teal and Barnacle Geese feeding here. Flocks of Lapwing and Golden Plover are also regularly dropping in with a 2610 of the later swirling around yesterday aft
2 February 2017
World Wetlands Day
February 2nd is annual World Wetlands Day. It’s a day to celebrate everything that happens when you mix water and wildlife. Wetlands are amazing places Wet nature is lush nature. Parts of the UK receive more rain annually than the Amazon rainforest. But
2 February 2017
Sightings Wednesday 1st February
Whooper Swans Bewick's Swans Wigeon Teal Lapwing Kestrel Golden Plover Marsh Harrier Pintail Gadwall Stonechat Goldeneye Barn Owl Little Egret Hen Harrier Great White Egret Ruff Redshank Tufted Duck Shelduck Greylag Geese
1 February 2017
Today's sightings
The reserve seems to have been coming alive over the last few days with the warmer weather. This morning the Holden Walkway was alive with bird song of the resident species including Dunnock, Robin, Wren and Song Thrush. As the morning progressed ther
1 February 2017
Wildlife Sightings - 1/2/17
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Shelduck - 8 Mallard Grey Heron - 5 Lapwing - 40 Black-headed Gull - 12 Redshank - 1 Teal - 16 Shoveler - 8 Saline Lagoon Heron - 1 Curlew - 5 Shelduck - 8 Redshank - 1 Teal - 8 Hawthorn Wood Bull
1 February 2017
Reserve Update Wednesday 1st February
It is waders galore down at the Avenue Tower with over a hundred lapwing present feeding on the Lochar field (and 500 more had flown across). There were also a small number of golden plover and redshank present first thing. They were joined again by t
1 February 2017
Wildlife sightings for 1st February 2017
2 Yellow-legged Gull 1st+2nd winter - marsh 2 Bittern - main lake North shore 10 Snipe - marsh 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 8 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 7 Mandarin - wildside 1 Bar-Headed goose - main lake 40 Fieldfare - playing fields 18 Redwing - pla
1 February 2017
Recent Sightings
Pochard Cr. Russ Myners MILLENNIUM WETLANDS 1 x BARN OWL 2 X CETTI`S WARBLER 3 X RAVEN 1 X JACK SNIPE 2 X WATER RAIL 1 X KESTREL 2 X GREY HERON 41 X GADWALL 15 X SHOVELER 7 x SHELDUCK 64 X TUFTED DUCK 2 X SONG THRUSH
31 January 2017
Wildlife sightings - 31/01/17
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Shoveler 8 Gadwall 2 Grey heron 1 Black-headed gull 35 Lapwing 20 Eurasian teal 13 Herring gull 2 Shelduck 8 Kestrel 1 (along footpath) Saline Lagoon Curlew 25 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 15 Chaffinch 10 Blue tit 6 Robin 3 Dunn
31 January 2017
Sightings Tuesday 31st January
Water levels remain at about 60%, all hides apart from Allport remain open. Sightings so far today: Bewick's swan Whooper swan White-fronted goose Pintail Pochard Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Wigeon Great white egret Little egret Great black-backed gull King
31 January 2017
Partnership works to keep swans in the air
This winter further measures are being taken to reduce the chances of swans flying into overhead power lines, which result in unnecessary deaths or serious injury. Co-operative working between WWT Welney Wetland Centre and UK Power Networks means that p
31 January 2017
Wildlife sightings for 31st January 2017
1 Firecrest - sheltered lagoon 3 Bittern - main lake North & South shores, reservoir lagoon 3 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 4 Water Rail - South route, sheltered lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 5 Pintail - main lake January bird highlights: B
31 January 2017
Today's Highlights
A damp and dull day but some excellent sightings nonetheless. Kingfisher-frequently below the café-male Little egret Great white egret-Lady Fen White-fronted geese-Lady Fen Pink-footed geese-Lady Fen Whooper swans Bewick's swans Goldeneye Snipe Black-tai
30 January 2017
WWT Caerlaverock – Dragonfly Hotspot
In the summer of 2016, WWT Caerlaverock was designated a Dragonfly Hotspot by the British Dragonfly Society. For more information on the British Dragonfly Society (BDS) and Dragonfly Hotspots please see their website www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content
30 January 2017