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Wildlife sightings - 21/10/16
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Curlew 45 Eurasian teal 20 Black-tailed godwit 5 Wigeon 7 Lapwing 35 Black-headed gull 10 Grey heron 1 Redshank 50 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal 8 Cormorant 4 Redwing 4 Hawthorn Wood Willow tit 1 Chaffinch 2 Other birds Kest
21 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 21st October 2016
45 Redwing - flew over heading W, NW 15 Meadow Pipit - 10 flew over heading SW, 5 on the grazing marsh 1 Skylark - flew over heading SW 15 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 3 Stonechat - wader scrape, main lake in front of headley hide 6 Redpoll - flew o
21 October 2016
Bird News
More swans arrived today, with around 400 on the Mere at dusk. Amongst them was a single Black Swan, an Australian species which is popular in wildfowl collections, and which has been recorded every year recently with returning Whoopers. The have also bee
20 October 2016
Swapping spectacles
WWT is once again proud to support Communicate, the UK’s leading conference for environmental communicators. This year’s theme is ‘swapping spectacles’. A reference to, when communicating anything, that it is wise to bear in mind how other people
20 October 2016
Whoopers return
The first 300 Whooper swans have made the 500 mile migration from Iceland to the UK to spend the winter at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Whooper Swan, The Mere, Swanlink Hide, WWT Martin Mere, Burscough, Lancashire Categ
20 October 2016
The great value of Special Protection Areas
Publication of this review is to be warmly welcomed, and represents a huge amount of work over many years by many experts
20 October 2016
Recent Sightings
Autumn leaves cr. Russ Myners British Steel Hide Black-tailed Godwit 556 Knot c360 Dunlin c160 Greenshank 20 Redshank 88 Lapwing 32 Curlew 359 Spotted Redshank 4 Buzzard 2 Greylag 153 Canada 12 Shelduck 64 Wigeon 339 Tufted Duck 20 Teal 14 Shovele
20 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 20/10/16
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Dunlin 1 Black-tailed godwit 18 Redshank 72 Lapwing 72 Common snipe 5 Greenshank 1 Grey heron 4 Teal 27 Saline Lagoon Curlew 3 Teal 16 Wigeon 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Nuthatch 1 Willow tit 2 Coal tit 5 Lo
20 October 2016
There's a chill in the air
Winter is fast approaching and we've had news today that the first Bewick's Swans have arrived over at Welney in Norfolk. When will the first birds arrive here at Slimbridge is now the main question! Speaking of winter arrivals, the White-fronted Gees
20 October 2016
Bewick's swans have arrived
A fantastic swan count this morning 622 Whooper swans 3 Bewick's swans The whooper swans took advantage of the Northerly winds and we had a fantastic increase in swan numbers for this mornings count. The swans will hopefully stay in front of the hides all
20 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 20th October 2016
82 Redwing - flew S/SW 27 Song Thrush - flew S/SW 2 Skylark - flew W 1 Redpoll - flew SW 1 Rock Pipit - wader scrape 6 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Pintail - wader scrape 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 25 Pochard -
20 October 2016
Latest Sightings - 20th October - More Whoopers!
47 Whooper Swans on the reserve this morning. 14 are on the Folly Pond and 33 on the Whooper Pond including two families. Plenty of Barnacle Geese around the fields and merses, and Pink-footed Geese heading inland from the roost at 8:30am. Today's high ti
20 October 2016
Whoopers Return !!
The change of wind direction yesterday was exactly what the Whooper Swans have been waiting for, with around 170 arriving on the Mere overnight, and over 300 present by late afternoon. Numbers of Pink-footed Geese also seem to have increased, but no accu
19 October 2016
An incredible journey with a Top Trumps twist
Prepare to go on an incredible journey this autumn and learn about the amazing migration of wetland animals... by playing Top Trumps. Yes, you heard right. As part of the incredible journeys activities this half term, you’re invited to play GIANT Top Tr
19 October 2016
Reserve Update Wednesday 19th October
Over forty Whooper Swans were present on the Folly Pond this morning, obviously having roosted there overnight. These birds have now dispersed around the reserve with some flying in to join the early morning feed. Hopefully they may stick around for t
19 October 2016