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Today's Highlights

Today's Highlights

Whooper swans Bewick's swans Mute swans Greylag Brent goose Pochard Wigeon Teal Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Goldeneye Great crested grebe Black-tailed godwit Lapwing Redshank Ruff Snipe Red-legged partridge Fieldfare Redwing Tree sparrow Goldfinch Reed

14 January 2018

What's Wild this weekend Jan 13-14

What's Wild this weekend Jan 13-14

This goldcrest was captured while preening by Romney Turner Woodland Loop great spotted woodpecker goldfinch blue tits coal tits great tits chaffinch hawfinch Lost Reedbed marsh harrier (roost) Reedbeds Water rai

14 January 2018

Wildlife sightings for 14th January 2018

Wildlife sightings for 14th January 2018

2 Bittern - main lake N shore 7 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Goldeneye - main lake 15 Redpoll - South route (birches in sustainable gardens) 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 7 Snipe - showing well in front of Headley Hide 14 Redwing

14 January 2018

Good floods on Tack Piece

Good floods on Tack Piece

Tack Piece Bewick's Swan 32 Whitefronted Goose 104 Wigeon 600 Teal 700 Lapwing 1700 Golden Plover 800 Dunlin 340 Little Stint 1 Ruff 41 Redshank 46 Curlew 238 Crane 1 Peregrine 1 in tall trees to north. Holden Tower Barnacle Goose 189 Red Breasted Goose

13 January 2018

Latest Sightings

Latest Sightings

Over cast with South-easterlies which as mentioned before is a comfortable wind direction for a lot of the hides. It did feel chilly elsewhere. Similar numbers of wildfowl as of late, see previous sightings for a fuller picture of numbers and species pres

13 January 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Mute swans Whooper swans Greylag Pink-footed geese White-fronted geese Shelduck Mallard Shoveler Pintail Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Moorhen Cranes (4, in flight) Great egret Little egret Black-tailed godwits Redshank Dunlin Golden plover Lapwing Star

13 January 2018

Wildlife sightings for 13th January 2018

Wildlife sightings for 13th January 2018

3 Bittern - main lake South East corner, North shore 6 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 3 Snipe - wader scrape 4 Redwing - entrance lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 97 Wigeon - wader scrape, grazing mars

13 January 2018

Latest Sightings - 13th January

Latest Sightings - 13th January

A brighter morning on the reserve and the Flood Ground is busy with ducks and waders. A mother Otter with two cubs were on the Flood Ground yesterday, but there was no sign of them this morning. The female Greater Scaup is back on the Whooper Pond again.

13 January 2018

Sightings Friday 12th January

Sightings Friday 12th January

A misty start but sun is now breaking through and looks to be a promising afternoon. All hides still closed but water levels have dropped again overnight, main observatory is open with lots of birds including godwits now using land that has appeared when

12 January 2018

Still counting Snipe

Still counting Snipe

A slightly lower count of Snipe today from the Zeiss Hide with 129 birds seen, favouring the same areas of the shoreline and the reedbed in front of the hide. Robbie Garnett Hide Bewick’s Swans have been moving over from the Rushy all morning to spend t

12 January 2018

Wildlife sightings for 12th January 2018

Wildlife sightings for 12th January 2018

1 Bittern - main lake 1 Goldeneye - main lake 5 Pintail - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 3 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 22 Siskin - South route 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital Late Dece

12 January 2018

Recent Sightings (10th-12th)

Recent Sightings (10th-12th)

Little Grebe, Russ Myners Millenium Wetlands The cold weather has frozen many of the main water bodies used by the wildfowl in the last couple of days. However, dense colonisations of ducks have been seen where ther

12 January 2018

A whisp of snipe

A whisp of snipe

A whisp is one of the collective nouns for Snipe, but it sounds so pitiful and small that I think we need to come up with a new noun for the group that were seen today from the Zeiss Hide.  No less than 168 were on show around the shoreline and reedbed f

11 January 2018

Group visits

Group visits

Winter is a great time of year to bring your group to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Martin Mere offers unforgettable days out where your group can take it easy while getting close to fantastic wildlife. There’s something for everyone from hand feeding

11 January 2018

Sightings Thursday January 11th

Sightings Thursday January 11th

A misty start but still lots to see, all hides are closed due to flooding main observatory is open with good views of swans and wildfowl, also large numbers of swans and geese can be seen from the Wigeon cafe. Sightings so far today: Bewick's swan Mute sw

11 January 2018