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Sunday October 9th update
Little change from yesterday, with Barnacle and Pink-footed Geese in profusion within the fields and on the merses. The 27 Whooper Swans remain in the Northpark stubble near the approach road-end, just over a mile away. The Great Egret continues to altern
9 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 9th October 2016
5 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Pintail - main lake 5+ Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 8 Chiffchaff - site count 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital October bird highlights: Wheatear, Stonechat, Pintail, Kingfi
9 October 2016
Today's Highlights
On Lady Fen today- lots of good brisk walks and rewarding sightings:- Marsh harrier Wigeon Teal Skylark Snipe Little egret Reed bunting Buzzard Grey heron Golden plover Cranes -18
8 October 2016
Todays Sightings
Generally a little quiet with north winds and clear skies allowing migrants to move through. Zeiss Hide Over 700 Teal here this morning and an impressive 460 Wigeon. There were 12 Ruff and 2 Redshank among 250 Lapwing. A big flush may have been the Goshaw
8 October 2016
Latest Sightings - 8th October - over 10,000 Barnacle Geese!
A whopping 16,000 Barnacle Geese were on the reserve yesterday. This morning we have 10,250 on the fields and merses! The Great Egret is on the Folly Pond at the moment, with a Little Egret for comparison. Today's high tide 17:21, 7.8m Around the reserve
8 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 8th October 2016
70 Wigeon - main lake, wader scrape 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 3 Stonechat - main lake in front of Headley hide 1 Kingfisher - grazing marsh 2 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Pheasant - female flew along Sou
8 October 2016
Bird News
Lots of wildfowl around today, with over 20,000 Pink-footed Geese roosting on the reserve last night, and increased numbers of Wigeon and Pintail around this morning. Pochard have started to arrive back, with 5 present today, and 2 Whooper Swans were on t
7 October 2016
Moulting through
Its a great time to test your duck ID skills as the flocks of Teal, Wigeon, Pintail, Tufted Duck and Shoveler are moulting into their finery for the winter. The Shoveler especially have been showing really well in front of the Discovery Hide on the So
7 October 2016
Recent sightings - 7th October
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +4000, getting ready for our Brent event this coming weekend! Oystercatcher 20, Curlew 1,
7 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 7th October 2016
1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 6 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 7 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 2 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Redpoll - flew NW 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 3 Stonechat - grazing marsh October bird
7 October 2016
Latest Sightings - 7th October - over 6000 Barnies now!
More Barnacle Geese have arrived overnight with a fantastic 8318 on the reserve this morning! The Great Egret is amongst the Barnies out on the merse. 13 Whooper Swans are on the Folly Pond, but they are very mobile at present, often feeding in stubble fi
7 October 2016
Overnight arrival
A third White-fronted Goose was out on The Dumbles this morning, much to the disappointment of the two who arrived yesterday as they spent a short while trying to chase the bird off from their immediate vicinity. They'd best get used to company, fingers
7 October 2016
Bird News
Great White Egret still present on the reserve today, although for such a big, strikingly white bird, it can go missing for surprisingly long periods of time in the ditches and channels. The Greenland White-fronted Goose was still with Pink-footed Geese
6 October 2016
Thousands of geese come in
21,000 Pink-footed geese have arrived at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre making this one of the best wildlife spectacles in the North West over the next few weeks. The centre will expect anything up to 40,000 to use the nature reserve in October. Reserve
6 October 2016
Sightings Thursday 6th October
Good start to the day here at Welney so far sightings are: Crane 17 - (13 arrived this morning and can be seen in front of Lyle hide, 4 more have flown in this afternoon and have landed near friends hide). Great white egret Little egret Grey her
6 October 2016