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Pink-footed Geese arriving
A real classic autumn day here with skein after skein of Pink-footed Geese arriving throughout the day. Skeins coming into roost You could pretty much scan out towards the coast and track flocks of Pink-footed Geese h
1 October 2016
Spoonbill
Zeiss Hide Fewer small waders coming in on the tide this morning but good views of the Spoonbill which became more mobile later. Still 1 Greenshank and Spotted Redshank, 11 Ruff. Teal count up yet again with 1325 here and around 1800 on the whole site. So
1 October 2016
Today's Sightings
Barn Owl Green Woodpecker Little Egret Teal Wigeon Snipe x20 Ruff x16 Ringed Plover Black-tailed Godwit x2 Marsh Harrier x3 Pintail Cettis Warbler x3 Golden Plover x30 Shoveler x6 Water Vole
1 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 1st October 2016
1 Wheatear - Wildside 1 Pintail - Main Lake 8 Snipe - Grazing Marsh 15+ Meadow Pipit - Flew NW/SW 2 Siskin - South Route 3 Water Rail - Main Lake, Wildside 1 Kingfisher - Wader Scrape 1 Peregrine - Perched on the hospital 40+ Wigeon - Main Lake Sep
1 October 2016
Latest Sightings - 1st October - First Whoopers arrive and more Pink-feet!
After 3 Whooper Swans arrived on the reserve yesterday, we now have 8 adult Whoopers this morning. They are currently feeding in the Ridden Field near the Avenue Tower. Clearly it was a good night for migration. As well as the extra Whoopers, we have 137
1 October 2016
Reserve access 7-8 October
We are having some major works carried out near the main observatory on Friday 7 October to Saturday 8 October. This means that there will be no access to the hides from midday on the Friday and for the whole of Saturday. We will be opening up a sign-po
30 September 2016
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Another good day on site with new sightings in the form of the first Pale-bellied Brent Goose for a number of years, first on the Mere then in the Plover field with a few thousand Pink-footed Geese, also a single Barnacle Goose was new before flying off w
30 September 2016
Today's Highlights
Cranes -over Lady Fen Kingfisher Marsh harrier Teal Wigeon Shoveler Great Egret at Reedbed hide Little egret Heron Ruff Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Kestrel Sparrowhawk-juv Starling flocks Yellow wagtail Water vole-by cafe
30 September 2016
High Tide and Waders
Zeiss Hide Good high tide this morning pushed a lot of Ducks and Waders onto the Top New Piece. There were over 1200 Teal with a scattering of Pintail and Shoveler among them, 150 Wigeon were grazing in the field when another 150 were flushed from the est
30 September 2016
Wildlife sightings for 30th September 2016
1 Pintail - wader scrape 3 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 4 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 2 Kingfisher - flew across main lake and the wader scrape 7 House Martin - South route 4 Swallow - flew over heading South 8 Chiffchaff - South route, wildside 1 Kes
30 September 2016
Reserve Update Friday 30th September
Wigeon numbers are building up on the reserve with birds to be seen at Folly Pond, Whooper Pond, out on the Flood Ground and Merse. A Peregrine was once again seen swooping along the Merse from the Avenue Tower yesterday afternoon. Once again we would l
30 September 2016
Recent Sightings
Common Buzzard (T. Disley) Turtle Dove seen in the car park daily until yesterday (Wednesday) British Steel Hide Greenshank 34 Ruff (Reeve) 1 Snipe 6 Common Sandpiper 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank
29 September 2016
Autumnal cranes
Cranes by Roger Rawson At this time of the year we tend to get regular visits by the local crane population. They become very mobile after the breeding season looking for good places to feed, showing the youngsters
29 September 2016
Cranes and other sightings
Cranes by Roger Rawson Crane - 6 flying towards the visitor centre from the East, went towards the South end of the reserve (Summer walk/Reedbed hide) The photo above is of the five cranes yesterday taken by Roger Raw
29 September 2016
Two turtle doves? Almost... at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre
Visitors to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre have been treated to a very exciting, early Christmas gift this year with the arrival of a turtle dove, a bird that has only been seen at WWT Llanelli once in the last ten years and is rarely seen in Wales! You’d
29 September 2016