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Little ringed plover Lapwing Redshank Avocet Common sandpiper Green sandpiper-2 Greenshank-2 Snipe-5 Ruff-8 Dunlin-1 Black-tailed godwit-27 Moorhen Coot Little egret-7 Mute swan Whooper swan + 2 cygnets Black-headed gull Common tern Reed warbler Sedge war
22 July 2018
Sunday sightings
Rushy Hide An adult Little ringed Plover on the top pond islands but sometimes hidden. A few Avocet families plus Redshank and many duck broods. The Crane family are still doing well. Tack Piece 60+ Lapwing, 5 Green and one Common Sandpiper Knott Hide Re
22 July 2018
Wildlife sightings for July 22nd 2018
1 Buzzard - over S 6 Common Tern - reedbed, main lake, reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon 2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon Please note there will be essential management work on the main lake July 23-26. This is to remove an
22 July 2018
Wood Sandpiper
The Wood Sandpiper seems to have settled down in Langleys Brook viewable from Ron Barker Hide, also occasionally on Sunley's from the same hide. Also from Ron Barker Hide today 3 Dunlin, 5 Little ringed Plover, 45 Ruff (mainly males moulting out of the
21 July 2018
Today's Highlights
Green sandpiper-2 at Lyle hide Common sandpiper Wood sandpiper at Friends hide Little ringed plover-2 Snipe Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank Greenshank Ruff Water rail-Lyle hide Coot Moorhen Little egret-12 Black-headed gull Common tern-6 Greylag goose
21 July 2018
Latest Sightings - Saturday 21st July
After the rain yesterday, it is a dry start to the day but very humid. A number of Snipe are feeding around the site, look out for them on the Whooper Pond, Folly Pond and Teal Pond. Sand Martins, House Martins and Swallows are feeding around the ponds.
21 July 2018
Wildlife sightings for 21st July 2018
2 Snipe - main lake 1 Little Grebe + 2 juveniles - main lake 5 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 1 Hobby - sheltered lagoon 1 Kestrel - South route 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital Please note there will be essential management work
21 July 2018
Saturday 21st July
Great views of Reed Warblers from many of the hides today especially Zeiss and Knott Hides Rushy Avocet 4ad broods of 3 & 1. Shelduck 28 Gadwall 7 Tufted Duck brood of 5 Holden and Walkway Black Tailed Godwit 100
21 July 2018
Waders
Plenty of waders on the move at the moment, a juvenile Wood Sandpiper has been on site for a few days now but is very mobile, best looked for from Ron Barker where it was in Langleys Brook this morning. Also up to 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 9
20 July 2018
Big Butterfly Count
Visitors to WWT wetland centres can help save butterflies by recording how many they see – and help themselves feel good at the same time. You can pick up a Big Butterfly Count 2018 spotter sheet until 12th August, and record how many butterflies you
20 July 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/07/2018
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 26 (12 adults + 14 young) Little egret 1 Shelduck 3 (2 adults + 1 young) Northern shoveller 6 ( 1 adult + 5 young) Tufted duck 2 (1 adult + 1 young) Little ringed plover 3 (2 adults + 1 young) Common tern 61 Redshan
20 July 2018
Crowned cranes return
A new pair of African crowned cranes have been released into WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre’s aviary. Grounds Manager, Steve Nasir, said: ”Crowned cranes are very popular with our visitors and we are very pleased to have a pair back at Martin Mere. Th
20 July 2018
Red-breasted Geese Goslings
Three Red-breasted geese goslings have hatched at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. It has been 15 years since the centre last bred this species successfully. Martin Mere has had a very successful breeding season – in fact one of the best we have had, cul
20 July 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Teal Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Little egret Black-tailed godwit (x30) Ruff (x8) Greenshank Redshank Avocet Green sandpiper (x2) Common sandpiper Snipe Little-ringed plover Lapwing Co
20 July 2018
Recent Sightings (18th-20th July)
Millennium Wetlands The juvenile Goshawk was seen again on the 18th near the new viewing screen. On Deep Water Lake counts include c.100 Black-Tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 45 Mallard, 2 Cormorant, 1 Moorhen, 5 Little Grebe and 4 Coot and a Mediterranean Gull.
20 July 2018