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Todays Sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Wigeon Teal Gadwall Moorhen Great white egret Little egret Grey heron Redshank Black-tailed godwit Ruff Snipe Little ringed plover Green sandpiper - 2 Greenshank Lapwing Goldfinch Tree
3 September 2017
Snipe a plenty
Great weather for Snipe. It's probably just us but when it's raining Snipe do look a little perky, celebrating the soft conditions perhaps. Difficult to accurately count the numbers but with 43 counted on the Mere alone there must be twice that number sec
3 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 3rd September 2017
2 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 2 Whinchat - grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Snipe - grazing marsh 8 Chiffchaff - site count 2 Willlow Warbler - sheltered lagoon, South route August b
3 September 2017
Hobby
Rushy Kingfisher 1 Coot 36 Teal 14 Green Sandpiper 1 Snipe 6 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Little Grebe 1 Holden Tower and Hides Teal 56 Gadwall 14 Shoveler 3 Green Sandpiper 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Barn Owl 1 flushed from Holden Tower first thing. Wheatear 1 on Dumbles
2 September 2017
Todays Sightings
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Wigeon Teal Moorhen Crane (x4) Little egret Redshank Black-tailed godwit Ruff Snipe Avocet Green sandpiper Greenshank Lapwing Black-headed gull Goldfinch Tree sparrow House sparrow Yell
2 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 2nd September 2017
1 Black-Tailed Godwit - main lake 2 Common Sandpiper - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - South route 2 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Whinchat - grazing marsh 4 Sedge Warbler - wildside, reedbeds 3 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon 1 Red Kite - flew over NW 1 Hobby - gr
2 September 2017
Recent Sightings.
British Steel Hide Recent wader counts have been slightly down, as there haven't been any high tides over 6 metres to push the waders up onto the Saline lagoons, but nonetheless Black-tailed Godwit numbers have peaked at 614, Greenshank numbers reached 81
1 September 2017
Snake suprise
Another gloriously sunny day but temperatures were rather chilly this morning reducing the warbler activity in front of the Holden Tower. Two whitethroats were seen and a number of chiffchaff and willow warbler are calling around the grounds. An unexp
1 September 2017
Exhibit by Photo Artist Tony Mills opens at WWT Arundel
Tony Mills at Arundel Wetland Centre. An exhibit of works by photo artist Tony Mills opened in the visitor centre building of WWT Arundel Wetland Centre on Fri 1 Sept. The exhibit runs through Oct 31. Tony worked as a
1 September 2017
Today's Highlights
Grey heron Little egret Great white egret Ruff Little ringed plover Cetti's warbler Goldfinch Tree sparrow Snipe Greylag geese Redshank Buzzard
1 September 2017
Wildlife sightings - 01/09/2017
Wader Lake (AM, low to mid-tide): Lapwing 141 Redshank 40 Black-headed gull 30 Curlew 5 Black-tailed godwit 4 Pied wagtail 3 Knot (juvenile) 1 Kestrel (female) 1 Saline lagoon: Teal 10 Black-headed gull 7 Grey heron 1 Hawthorn Wood: Blue tit
1 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 1st September 2017
3 Common Sandpiper - grazing marsh, wader scrape 2 Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Willow Warbler - South route 12 Chiffchaff - South route, sheltered lagoon, wildside 1 Hobby - grazing marsh fence post 1 Peregrine - Charing cross hospital 1 Kestrel - Q.E.W Augus
1 September 2017
Latest Sightings - 1st September
A dry start to the morning with plenty of bird song in the air. Chiffchaffs are on the move, passing through the reserve as they head back south for the winter. Again, the mud on the Folly Pond is popular with waders, Lapwing and Black-tailed Godwi
1 September 2017
Garden opens
Inspired by the boreal forest and waterways of northern Ontario, the Gold medal winning Royal Bank of Canada Garden, as seen at the 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been relocated to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. The Royal Bank of Canada Garden from th
1 September 2017
Today's Highlights
Grey heron Tree sparrow and juvs Goldfinch Moorhen and juvs Ruff x 15 Snipe x 4 Black-tailed godwit Green sandpiper x 2 Whooper swan Bewick's swan Greylag geese Canada geese Garganey-Main obs Mallard Teal Shoveler Little egret Kestrel Marsh harrier Buzzar
31 August 2017