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Latest Sightings - 21st December - foggy start, Great Egret returns!

Latest Sightings - 21st December - foggy start, Great Egret returns!

It's another foggy morning on the reserve with visibility very limited at the moment. After going missing for a while the Great Egret was seen in its usual spot on the merse in front of the Saltcot Merse Observatory yesterday. Goose numbers had increased

21 December 2017

Latest Sightings

Latest Sightings

Latest sightings from the past two days. Sunset silhouette of the UU Hide. (Andy Bunting) No roost counts of Whooper Swan or Pink-footed Geese but 300+ and 800+ of each respectively during the day. Over 600 Greylag an

20 December 2017

Oldest living member of Slimbridge swan dynasty has arrived from the Arctic

Oldest living member of Slimbridge swan dynasty has arrived from the Arctic

Croupier, the 26-year-old leader of one of the biggest Bewick’s swan families ever studied at Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s famous Swan Lake at Slimbridge, arrived on Wednesday to the excitement of researchers. The ‘cobfather’ was sadly minus his

20 December 2017

Recent Sightings (16th-20th Dec)

Recent Sightings (16th-20th Dec)

British Steel Hide Wader counts from the British Steel Hide have included 505 Black-tailed Godwits, 71 Curlew, 14 Dunlin, 3 Knot, 10 Greenshank, 9 Redshank, 2 Snipe, 69 Lapwing and 1 Spotted Redshank (19th). The Spoonbill has been seen on the lagoons up t

20 December 2017

Todays sightings

Todays sightings

Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Mallard Shoveler Wigeon Teal Pintail Pochard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Cormorant Curlew Black-tailed godwit Snipe Lapwing Black-headed gull Starling Cetti's warbler Reed bunting Tree sp

20 December 2017

Wildlife sightings for 20th December 2017

Wildlife sightings for 20th December 2017

1 Bittern - main lake N shore 4 Pintail - main lake 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Siskin - South route 1 Fieldfare - South route 23 Redwing - entrance area 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Grey Wagtail - Otter enclosure   November/December bird high

20 December 2017

Fog-less

Fog-less

Local forecasts suggested dense fog for this morning but we ended up having a very calm, clear sunny day. Above: Greylag Goose Rushy Hide and Peng Observatory 65+ Bewick's Swans at the morning feed, 73 are on site. Tack Piece 350 Teal and 200 Wigeon m

19 December 2017

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Whooper swan Mute swan Mallard Wigeon Pochard Shoveler Pintail Teal Black-tailed godwit Kestrel Lapwing Canada goose Greylag goose

19 December 2017

‘Artful Migration’ Artist in Residence

‘Artful Migration’ Artist in Residence

We are pleased to announce that Angela Alexander-Lloyd is our new Artist in Residence. Angela is working on a project called 'Artful Migration' at WWT Caerlaverock which is developed with Upland and Moving Souls Dance. She will be writing regular blogs du

19 December 2017

Watery reflections, environmental action and toothpaste

Watery reflections, environmental action and toothpaste

"Badgers do not move goalposts, people do"

19 December 2017

Wilflide sightings - 19/12/17

Wilflide sightings - 19/12/17

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake (Frozen) Black-headed gull 27 Saline Lagoon (Frozen) Hawthorn Wood Robin 1 Blue tit 7 Great tit 8 Bullfinch 6 Chaffinch 5 Nuthatch 1 Other birds Shoveler - 2 - Reservoir Shelduck - 8 - Reservoir Tufted duck - 12 - Reservoir

19 December 2017

Wildlife sightings for 19th December 2017

Wildlife sightings for 19th December 2017

2 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Goldeneye - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 2 Shelduck - main lake 152 Shoveler - main lake, grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 1 Siskin - entrance area 27 Redwing - entrance area and flew over S 2 Stonechat - grazing ma

19 December 2017

Bewick’s swans slow to arrive this winter

Bewick’s swans slow to arrive this winter

Bewick's swans by Julia Eyles Swan counts have revealed that numbers of Bewick’s swans are very low for this point in the season at WWT Welney Wetland Centre.  The most recent count carried out in December has show

19 December 2017

Monday news

Monday news

Rushy Hide and Peng Observatory Highlights today included a Whooper Swan that dropped in with the 60+ Bewick's Swans and 2 Little Stint. Some of the Bewick's Swan headed to the Ox Piece to feed for the day, this is the field just NE of the Tack Piece. Ta

18 December 2017

Bullfinches, kingfishers & snipe showing in the cold

Bullfinches, kingfishers & snipe showing in the cold

kingfisher on Dec 16 photographed by Alec Pelling. I’m sitting in our staff tea room watching the bird feeders while compiling my wildlife sightings list. Lots of blue and great tits, a few long-tailed tits and a go

18 December 2017