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A very quick note on today's highlights - Woodcock, Tawny Owl and Brambling still present. Although the Woodcock did prove very difficult to find earlier on, it did show well later in the day. 21 Avocets, 50+ Ruff, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit and 100+ Oysterc
24 February 2017
Recent Sightings
Female Hen Harrier Cr. WWT Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 6 Cormorant 4 Little Egret 1 Mute swan 3 Shelduck 14 Wigeon 13 Gadwall 26 Teal 27 Mallard 9 Pintail 1 Shoveler 5 Pochard 1 Tufted Duck 27 Hen Harrier 1 (Fema
24 February 2017
Wildlife sightings - 24/02/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Lapwing 110 Oystercatcher 4 Redshank 53 Grey heron 46 Shoveler 30 Shelduck 52 Teal 41 Gadwall 4 Saline Lagoon Wigeon 2 Curlew 20 Greater black-backed gull 1 Stock dove 4 Hawthorn Wood Reed bunting 2 Bullfinch 16 Siskin 10 G
24 February 2017
Wildlife sightings for 24th February 2017
3 Bittern - main lake 2 Buzzard 1 Red Kite - high over W 2 Jack Snipe 1 Brambling - over E 1 Water Pipit - marsh 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 7 Pintail - main lake 5 Mandarin - wildside 48 Cormorant - main lake 2 Redwing - entrance area February bird
24 February 2017
Sightings Thursday 23rd February
Lapwing Shelduck Goldeneye Wigeon Whooper Swans Great White Egret x3 Black-tailed Godwits Golden Plover Stonechat Roe Deer x6
23 February 2017
Wildlife sightings - 23/02/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 1 Lapwing 58 (14 territory displaying) Redshank 21 Oystercatcher 4 Common snipe 3 Grey heron 50 (22 nests) Shoveler 26 Teal 71 Gadwall 4 Shelduck 32 Saline Lagoon Curlew 26 Wigeon 4 Teal 10 Common snipe 1 Hawthorn Wo
23 February 2017
Gale force
Storm Doris is certainly giving us some windy conditions this morning, but thankfully the rain cleared early on. Many bird are taking shelter but there is still a great selection around to see. South Lake Hides The flock of Avocet were huddled tightly t
23 February 2017
Wildlife sightings for 23rd February 2017
1 Caspian Gull (2nd cy) - main lake in front of WWF hide 3 Stonechat - grazing marsh 6 Fieldfare - wildside 1 Peregrine - main lake on long shingle island 5 Pintail - main lake 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon January/February bird highlights:
23 February 2017
Daisy Clarke makes it to Denmark before Storm Doris hits the UK
Our Bewick's swan, Daisy Clarke, is now in Denmark, having had a breif stop in the Netherlands and Germany as she moves further north east towards the breeding grounds in Arctic Russia. Good luck Daisy Clarke! Leho is yet to start her journey, so there ar
22 February 2017
Rafts ahoy!
The Reserve Team have been very busy over the past two days and you will see a couple of new additions on your next visit! We have floated the first of five new nesting rafts on the Teal Pond... You can see the new raft from the Teal Pond hide and fing
22 February 2017
Woodcock & Brambling still
Both the Woodcock and Brambling remain on site with both giving good views at times, the Woodcock a little more difficult but both can be seen each day at the moment. Also the Tawny Owl was in the usual place (In the Ivy on the right hand side of the corn
22 February 2017
Sightings Wednesday 22nd February
Sightings so far today: Whooper Swans Lapwing Little Egret Great White Egret Wigeon Teal Mallard Pintail Pochard White-fronted Geese Goldfinch Great Tit Snipe Oystercatcher Stonechat Reed Bunting Ruff Black-tailed Godwit Egyptian Geese Golden Plover Sheld
22 February 2017
Wildlife sightings - 22/02/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Pink footed goose 1 Avocet 1 Jack snipe 1 Common snipe 5 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 50 Redshank 26 Grey heron 38 Shelduck 44 Shoveler 17 Wigeon 4 Saline lagoon Curlew 32 Teal 10 Mallard 26 Hawthorn Wood Bramling 2 Bullfinch 14
22 February 2017
Here comes Doris
The weather is certainly picking up at Storm Doris makes herself known. The windy conditions may be preventing the Bewick's Swans and some of our other wintering species from leaving, but once the weather system has passed we may see a big departure und
22 February 2017
New wildlife record for WWT Washington
The regionally rare avocet has made its earliest ever return to one North East wetland reserve. An unringed female adult was spotted on Wader Lake at WWT Washington Wetland Centre yesterday morning (21 February 2017) – two days earlier than the site’s
22 February 2017