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Wildlife sightings for 16th October 2016
1 Pintail - main lake 5 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital October bird highlights: Wheatear, Stonechat, Pi
16 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 16th October 2016
1 Pintail - main lake 5 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital October bird highlights: Wheatear, Stonechat, Pintail, Goldeney
16 October 2016
Recent sightings
Fri 14 October Lapwing hide: Water rail, teal, mallard Ramsar & Sandmartin hides: grey wagtail, shoveler, teal, gadwall, mallard, Canada geese, mute swans, black-headed-gull Scarpe hide: kingfisher, grey heron, teal, shoveler, gadwall Reserve: kingf
16 October 2016
Barnacle Goose and other birds
Early start with mistly rain followed by clearing conditions into a very pleasant afternoon. Good numbers of Pink-footed Geese started to arrive onto the reserve late morming onward. A single Barnacle Goose was picked out among the pinks. No roost count i
15 October 2016
Todays Sightings
Common Crane x 17 White-fronted Geese Stonechat Heron Kestrel Marsh Harrier Teal Wigeon Dunlin Ruff Greylag Geese Pintail Black -tailed Godwits
15 October 2016
Latest Sightings 15th October - Green-winged Teal returns
The drake Green-winged Teal is back on the Folly Pond now and is halfway through his moult. The vertical white stripe is just visible on the side of the body and we have seen a metal ring on his right leg making us almost certain that this is the same bir
15 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 15th October 2016
2 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 6 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - wader scrape 8 Meadow Pipit - flew over heading SW 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh, main lake October bird highlights: Wheatear, Stonechat, Pintail, Goldeneye, Kingf
15 October 2016
Today's Highlights
Cranes-15 Marsh harrier Pintail Wigeon Teal White-fronted geese-4 Egyptian geese-2 Mandarin duck-male at main observatory Great egret-Lady Fen Little egret Black-tailed godwit Stonechat Redwing Fieldfare Barn owl Snipe Kingfisher Water vole
14 October 2016
Recent Sightings
Yellow-browed Warbler cr. Ray Davies British Steel Hide Yellow-browed Warbler 1 - seen in the grounds until Wednesday 12th Curlew Sandpiper 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Greenshank 30 Spotted Redshank 1 Lapwing 9 Common Sandpiper 1 Curlew c300 Dunlin c2
14 October 2016
Build a better future for Nature with LEGO® brick sessions at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre this half term
With the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) giant LEGO®brick animal trail on its way to Wales for the first time this winter, visitors to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre can enjoy a taste of what’s to come with special LEGO brick building sessions this
14 October 2016
The tides are coming
Over the next few weeks we'll be seeing some big high tides, reaching the 10m mark or more with some 3 and 4 star Severn Bores coming up the river too. The high tide this morning moved lots of waders on to the Top New Piece as viewed from the Zeiss Hide
14 October 2016
Latest Sightings 14th October - Lazy geese
The Barnacle Geese are being very lazy this morning, most of them are still out on the roost. They will hopefully get moving soon. The Great Egret was in the Flood Ground this morning, having possibly popped across to Cumbria yesterday. It has moved off a
14 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 14th October 2016
1 Goldeneye - female on the reservoir lagoon 1 Pintail - wader scrape 74 Wigeon - wader scrape, main lake 2 Stonechat - wader scrape 2 Siskin - South route Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Yellow Legged Gull - main lake p.m October bird highlights:
14 October 2016
Bird News
First Brambling of the autumn which was seen on and around the feeders at the Janet Kear hide several times throughout the day. Will it be a big year for this species? Only time will tell. At least one Redwing was in the collection area this morning, and
13 October 2016
Dinosaur Days - Meet the walking, roaring T Rex!
Join the Dinosaur Society for Dinosaur Days at WWT London Wetland Centre to discover more about the wetland superstars that wandered the planet in prehistoric times. See real dinosaur bones, discover the link between birds and dinosaurs, find fossils, ch
13 October 2016