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Wildlife sightings - 19/09/16
a.m. Tide Level: Mid/high Wader Lake Eurasian teal 28 Black-tailed godwit 15 Gadwall 17 Lapwing 77 Common snipe 10 Shoveler 1 Redshank 6 Saline Lagoon Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Goldfinch 2 Greenfinch 1 Robin 3 Blue tit 4 Other birds Robin - 1 - Reservoir C
19 September 2016
Wildlife sightings for 19th September 2016
2 Pintail - Main Lake, Wader Scrape 34 Wigeon - Main Lake, Grazing Marsh, Wader Scrape 10+ Meadow Pipit - Flew SW 3 Snipe - Grazing Marsh, Main Lake 1 Grey Wagtail - Otter enclosure 1 Kingfisher - Sheltered Lagoon 1 Peregrine - Perched on the hospital &n
19 September 2016
Sunday 18th September
Buzzard Marsh harrier Sparrowhawk Hobby Kestrel Barn owl Green sandpiper Curlew sandpiper (in front of main observatory)Ruff Ringed plover Dunlin Lapwing Cranes (3 seen from Friends hide looking north) Little egret Grey heron Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail W
18 September 2016
Recent sightings - 18th September
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory As days pass, we are getting more and more wintering birds, which in some cases appear in notable
18 September 2016
Late update, Sunday 18th Sept
No further change in the Barnacle Goose situation, with approx. 30 still on the same section of merse as reported by Joe yesterday. Great Egret still out on the merse too. C50 Dunlin on Folly Pond at high tide along with the usuals Today's high tide 13:24
18 September 2016
Weekend's sightings include osprey & sand martins
Species sightings for Sat 17 Sept Sand martins are really moving through the reserve now mixed in flocks with house martins. Photo by Keith Humphrey Lapwing hide: teal, snipe, pheasant, mallard, wood pigeon. Ramsar &a
18 September 2016
Wildlife sightings for 18th September 2016
1 Yellow Wagtail - Flew S 4 Meadow Pipit - Flew S and SW 1 Grey Wagtail - Courtyard 6 Snipe - Grazing Marsh, Main Lake 1 Peregrine - Hunting on Main Lake 35 Lapwing - Site Count 32 Wigeon - Site Count 149 Shoveler - Site Count 56 Gadwall - Site Count 95 T
18 September 2016
Big tides, great birding...
Peng Observatory/Rushy Pen Hide The two Little Grebe, fishing Kingfisher (favours Scott House gutters and Swan pipe), Wigeon. 10 Snipe, 6 Ruff and 70 Teal. Robbie Garnett Hide 70 Teal. Holden Tower 3 Yellow Wagtail among the cattle, 2 Peregrine on the edg
18 September 2016
Today's Sightings
Snipe-20 Ringed plover-2 Dunlin-4 Ruff-7 Crane-3 flew west late morning Wigeon-78 Shoveler Teal Meadow pipit Yellow wagtail Sand martin Marsh harrier Buzzard Kestrel Greylag geese-311 Kingfisher-Lady fen Black-tailed godwit Chiffchaff Little egret
17 September 2016
Latest Sightings - Saturday 17th September - First Barnacle Geese arrive!
It looks like we have our first BARNACLE GEESE of the season, 29 are currently feeding and washing out on the merse. They can be viewed from the Farmhouse Tower and the Saltcot Merse Observatory. Today's high tide 13:24, 9.7m Around the reserve today: Wh
17 September 2016
Great Wader watching over high tide.
Zeiss Hide A good high tide (09.00 ish) helped to push waders into here. There were 61 Dunlin with 3 very active Little Stint among them. A group of 27 Knot roosted in a very tight group on one of the Islands among 34 Black Tailed Godwit and 4 Ringed Plov
17 September 2016
Wildlife sightings for 17th September 2016
112 Teal - grazing marsh 107 Shoveler - main lake 1 Kingfisher - South route 15 Swallow - reservoir lagoon 5 House Martin - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - hunting over grazing marsh September bird highlights: Whinchat, Wheatear, Kingfisher, Buzzard, Pere
17 September 2016
Recent Sightings
Another excellent day with lots of new birds, mainly Pink-footed Geese, small flocks could be seen dropping in through out the morning, by late morning more than 600 had been counted. By the end of the day more than 800 had appeared. The eclipse male Ga
16 September 2016
Today's Highlights
Cranes x 3 still on site Ruff Snipe increasing in number Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Marsh harrier
16 September 2016
Recent Sightings
Great White Egret cr. Rob Werran British Steel Hide Great White Egret 2 Curlew Sandpiper 11 Black-tailed Godwit 406 Bar-tailed Godwit 3 Lapwing 40 Redshank 11 Spotted Redshank 2 Ruff 2 Dunlin 7 Wigeon 51 Marsh Harrier 1 Peregrine 1 Millenni
16 September 2016