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Southport Palette Club exhibition
The latest exhibition has been unveiled at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre by the Council members of the Southport Palette Club. The Southport Palette Club has been in existence for over 90 years organising an annual exhibition of work for residents of Sou
18 January 2017
Sightings Wednesday 18th January
Water levels are about 50% and all hides remain open apart from Allport hide. Bewick's Swan Whooper swan Mute swan Canada goose Egyptian goose Greylag goose White-fronted goose Glauc Great crested grebe Pochard Pintail Teal Tufted duck Wigeon Great white
18 January 2017
Quality not quantity
It was rather quiet along the Tack Piece and out on the Dumbles this morning, but several thousand birds by contrast along the South Finger across the Top and Bottom New Piece fields. Zeiss Hide Star birds here this morning were a Bittern, seen flying tow
18 January 2017
Wildlife sightings for 18th January 2017
5 Bittern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Bearded Tit (male) - Headley Hide 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 7 Snipe - marsh, main lake 6 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 1 Peregrine - hunting over main lake Additional sightings from yesterday: 14
18 January 2017
Reserve Update Wednesday 18th January
The Drake American Wigeon has once again been seen on the Flood Ground this morning with a sighting of a Male Hen Harrier from the Avenue Tower at the same time. It was a good morning for a bit of wader watching from the Farmhouse Tower. Twelve Red
18 January 2017
Residents clean up polluted stream
A local litter eyesore blighted by drug use and rough sleeping has a new lease of life after 25 local residents turned out over the weekend to clean it up. More than 40 bags of rubbish were cleared from the area opposite the Hindu Temple on Keel Drive. Al
17 January 2017
Recent Sightings
Snipe Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Song Thrush 4 Curlew 1 Cetti's Warbler 2 Water Rail 3 Gadwall 51 Tufted Duck/ Scaup Hybrid 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Redwing 4 Goldcrest 1 Mute Swan 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Grey He
17 January 2017
Wetland Bird Survey at Welney
The wardens here had a fantastic day today going around the whole reserve to count every bird on site! Here is a list of their totals: (numbers in brackets are from our Lady Fen area) Great crested grebe- 5 Cormorant- 14 Great white egret- 1 (1) Littl
17 January 2017
Dawn swan count
Sunrise over WWT Welney This morning we conducted our January swan count and found there to be 2,413 Bewick's swans and 2,385 whooper swans on the WWT section of the Ouse Washes. This means that Bewick's swan number
17 January 2017
South West Puddle Jumping Championships
Make a big Splash this Half Term! This February half term (11th – 19th February), children of all ages are being encouraged to grab their wellies, get outside and join in the puddle jumping championship being held at Slimbridge Wetland Centre This year
17 January 2017
Wildlife sightings - 17/01/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Eurasian teal 34 Northern lapwing 56 Black-tailed godwit 2 Common snipe 3 Eurasian shelduck 15 Male kestrel 1 Common redshank 4 Saline Lagoon Kingfisher (female) 1 Little grebe 1 Eurasian teal 12 Grey heron 1 Long-tailed t
17 January 2017
Wildlife sightings for 17th January 2017
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon Western corner 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 8 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 3 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge December bird highlights: Bittern, Jack Snipe, Beard
17 January 2017
Gulls, mink and nutrients implicated in pochard decline
Reasons for the recent decline of common pochard are investigated for the very first time in the latest issue of Wildfowl, the international scientific journal of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). The number of common pochard migrating to the UK fo
16 January 2017
A hungry harvest mouse and one hundred teal
Normally nocturnal harvest mouse feed on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Romney Turner. Look out for Paul Stevens' weekly wildlife sightings column appearing in the Chichester Observer and other local weekly newspaper of
16 January 2017
Today's Highlights
Glaucous gull-north of Friends hide Great white egret-Lady fen Little egret Barn owl Kingfisher-by café window Teal Wigeon Pochard Shoveler Gadwall Shelduck Tufted duck Pintail Goldeneye Whooper swan Bewick's swans-100+ in front of Lyle and Friends hides
16 January 2017