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Wildlife sightings - 01/11/16
a.m. Tide level: mid Wader Lake Redshank 5 Eurasian teal 40 Kestrel 2 Lapwing 4 Black-headed gull 1 Saline Lagoon Curlew 40 Grey heron 1 Eurasian teal 10 Hawthorn Wood Coal tit 2 Willow tit 1 Chaffinch 5 Bullfinch 1 Greenfinch 1 Dunnock 3 Other birds Spar
1 November 2016
Bird fair comes to Martin Mere
Tim Birkhead, Lloyd Buck, Biotope and Flight of the Swans' Sacha Dench are just some of the guest speakers visiting WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre for the annual extravaganza: North West Bird Watching Festival on Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 November.
31 October 2016
Today's Highlights
The early morning fog cleared to 200 yards visibility by noon, with plenty of birds to see from the hides. Snipe at Friends hide Dunlin Ruff Mandarin duck at the Main observatory Whooper swans Bewick's swan at Main obs Greylag geese Canada geese Lapwing
31 October 2016
Farmer Richard takes top wetland award
Award presentation: Richard with Carl Sayer, left, and Martin Spray, right. A farmer hailed as ‘a conservation stalwart of the very best kind’ has been honoured with a national award for wetland creation. R
31 October 2016
Help fight ‘rice breast’ duck disease
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) are calling on members to be vigilant in the fight against ‘rice breast’ disease in ducks.
31 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 31/10/16
a.m. Tide level: High Wader Lake Lapwing 50 Curlew 10 Eurasian teal 7 Redshank 2 Snipe 1 Saline Lagoon Curlew 16 Eurasian teal 4 Hawthorn Wood Robin 6 Dunnock 2 Nuthatch 1 Bullfinch 4 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Coal tit 2 Blue tit 1 Long tailed tit 8 Othe
31 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 31st October 2016
2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 5 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Fieldfare - flew SW 7 Meadow Pipit - flew S 2 Siskin - world wetlands Additional sighting from yesterday: 3 Little Egret - wad
31 October 2016
Plenty of kingfishers sightings
Kingfisher photographed on Sun 30 Oct by Anthony Plummer Sun 30 Oct Grounds and reserve: k
31 October 2016
European White-fronts
A brief update. Six European White-fronted Geese (2 adult + 4 juv) with Pink-footed Geese from the Ron Barker Hide early afternoon. C.20000 Pink-footed Geese on the reserve by late afternoon. Possibly more Whooper Swan today although many birds are off th
30 October 2016
A very still day
This mornings Birdwatch event (0800-1030hrs) went very well, very calm, still (if a little misty first thing) conditions made is easier to locate and watch species such as Goldcrest and Cetti's Warbler. Most of the birds of the reserve were seen during th
30 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 30th October 2016
1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - grazing marsh 42 Redwing - flew NW/S 1 Pintail - wader scrape 17 Meadow Pipit - flew SW+NW 2 Fieldfare - flew NW October bird highlights: Wheate
30 October 2016
Wildlife Sightings - 30/10/16
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Redshank - 7 Teal - 25 Snipe - 3 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 1 Hawthorn Wood Coal Tit - 5 Bullfinch - 10 Greenfinch - 2 Blue Tit - 8
30 October 2016
Wildlife Sightings - 29/10/16
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Teal - 83 Shelduck - 1 Kestrel (pair) - 2 Stock Dove - 9 Grey Wagtail - 2 Jackdaw - 8 Starling - 2 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Curlew - 20 Teal - 38 Black-headed Gull - 18 Great Black-b
29 October 2016
Cattle Egrets and a big Wigeon count
Highlights A gloomy morning but the 6 Cattle Egret and 2 Little's shone out roosting in the Duck Decoy and were watched on the South Lake until 08.40. Best views through the day in the field opposite Slimbridge school. A large flock of 1420 Wigeon in fr
29 October 2016
Recent sightings - 29th October
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +3000, Oystercatcher +200, Curlew 5, Shelduck +100, Black-headed gull 50, Redshank 20,
29 October 2016