Avocets mating Garganey - male at Friends hide Sandwich Tern Swallow Swift House martin Whitethroat Cetti’s warbler Blackcap Reed warbler Sedge warbler Black-tailed godwit Moorhen + chicks Lapwing + chicks Coot + ch
24 April 2017
Staff at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre are hoping some unlikely visitors will help them attract more breeding lapwings – a bird that is now red-listed due to its decline. And who are these visitors? Six Shetland sheep! These native breed of sheep, origina
24 April 2017
Black-winged Stilts The trio of two males and a female continue to show brilliantly but they are very mobile, they have fed on South Lake, Rushy Pen and Tack Piece today. Godwits and Ruff The flock of 300+ Black-tailed Godwit and 11 Ruff are also mobile
23 April 2017
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 18 Lapwing 27 + 2 chicks Little ringed plover 2 Black-tailed godwit 20 Redshank 4 Oystercatcher 4 Grey heron 30 + 15 young Shelduck 16 Shoveler 4 Teal 4 Common snipe 6 Saline Lagoon Avocet 6 Oystercatcher 2 Mute swan
23 April 2017
Ring ouzel - Lyle hide Swifts-2 at Friends hide Swallows House martin Whitethroat Cetti's warbler Reed warblers Sedge warblers Black-tailed godwit-60 Bar-tailed godwit Dunlin-24 Moorhen + chicks Lapwing + chicks Coot + chicks Avocet Cormorant Oystercatche
23 April 2017
1 Ring Ouzel (male) - NE corner of reservoir lagoon 2 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - grazing marsh 3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, wader scrape 3 Wheatear - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 7 Reed Warbler - wildsid
23 April 2017
Ring ouzel - Lyle hide Cetti's warbler Sedge warbler-x lots Reed bunting Skylark House sparrow Tree sparrow Goldfinch Blackbird Whitethroat Pied wagtail House martin Swallow Black-tailed godwit Bar-tailed godwit Redshank Greenshank Avocet Snipe Lapwing Li
22 April 2017
South Lake Great birding here, three Black Winged Stilts with some stunning views as they pass within a few metres of the hide, the Hogarth is also a good spot to get some great close up views. This is part of a black and white wader theme, 45 Avocet incl
22 April 2017
2 Ruff - main lake 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Swift - main lake 4 House Martin - wildside 1
22 April 2017
Kingfisher by Bob Ellis All winter we had a male kingfisher as a regular sighting, particularly on the ponds around our visitor centre. This spring he has found a mate and they can regularly be seen from several of
21 April 2017
Otters Cr. Russ Myners British Steel Hide Cormorant 9 Little Egret 3 Spoonbill 1 Mute Swan 2 Greylag 24 Canada Goose 10 Shelduck 38 Wigeon 2 Gadwall 11 Teal 6 Mallard 7 Shoveler 6 Tufted Duck 16 Lapwing 2 Curlew 3 Gre
21 April 2017
AM mid tide Wader Lake Lapwing 39 Avocet 20 Black-tailed godwit 23 Gadwall 3 Great black-backed gull 1 Oystercatcher 2 Common snipe 3 Ringed plover 2 Eurasian shelduck 10 Grey heron 35 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Black-tailed godwit 2 Oystercatch
21 April 2017
Bar-tailed godwit and redshank Spring birds arriving all the time now as migration is well under way. All hides apart from Allport remain open. Sightings today: Bar-tailed godwit Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose G
21 April 2017
Bird news from the reserve is being dominated by birds with long legs. The 3 Black-winged Stilts remain on the South Lake this morning, with a pair showing well from the Discovery Hide and a single birds out from the Hogarth Hide. A Great White Egret
21 April 2017
1 Glaucous Gull - marsh/scrape bund 3 Shelduck - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 4 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 7 Redshank - grazing marsh, main lake, wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Ring Ouzel - reservoir lagoon bank NE corner 2 Ye
21 April 2017