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Common Shelduck taken by Joe Connolly (Archive Picture) The 1100am and 2pm Land rover safaris produced Marsh Harrier, 100+ Curlew, 60+ Shelduck, Oystercatcher, 3 pairs of Common Tern, Sand Martins, Zeiss Hide 2 Greens
17 July 2016
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Grey Heron - 7 Little Ringed Plover - 3 Common Tern - 300+ Avocet - 27 + 2 chicks Lapwing - 17 Chiffchaff - 1 Black-headed Gull - 15 Saline Lagoon Common Sandpiper - 6 Grey Heron - 7 Redshank - 5 Lapwing
17 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Little egrets-50+ on Lady Fen until Peregrine flew through Great spotted woodpecker Common tern Tree sparrow feeding juv under feeders Dunlin- Lyle hide Ruff of various colours-4 Greenshank Cuckoos-5 adults and juv on power lines over Summer walk Green s
17 July 2016
Wildlife sightings for 17th July 2016
3 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 140 Coot - main lake 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon Great Crested Grebe - still nesting on main lake 1 Little Egret - marsh 1 Black-tailed Godwit - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 1 Mediterranean Gull - main lake &n
17 July 2016
Latest Highlights
Sightings from the past few day. Bird of the week has to go to a Green Woodpecker seen in flight near the Canoe Safari around midday Saturday. It is only the second confirmed record for the reserve. More waders passing through the reserve, with a Whimbrel
16 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Little egret-15 Whooper swans-10 + 2 cygnets Avocet-17 Green sandpiper-3 Redshank-5 Oyster catcher-3 Curlew-1 Black-tailed godwit-14 Common tern-4 at Friends hide Marsh harrier-female, carrying lunch Newly hatched Moorhen chicks-4 A family of 4 Water shre
16 July 2016
So where is Hawaii?
Hello! Food? Having contributed to this current edition of Waterlife, it has been pointed out to me that I might need to look at a map... Turns out, they're right! For years (and years) I have stuck to m
16 July 2016
Today's Sighting's
WADER LAKE / AM / MID TIDE Avocet - 38 + 2 young Little Ringed Plover - 2 + 3 fledging Ringed Plover - 1 + 1 fledgling Lapwing - 42 Redshank - 16 Oystercatcher - 6 Common Tern - 311 Black-headed Gull - 25 Grey Heron - 30 Shelduck - 14 Gadwall - 8 S
16 July 2016
Reserve Update Saturday 16th July
The Tawny Owl is back on its perch down towards Folly Pond Hide this morning. There are still two Brown Hares out on the re-seeded field alongside Avenue Tower, Swift overhead along the Lochar on the summer walk and masses of Meadow Brown butterflies in
16 July 2016
Recent sightings - 16th July
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. These days are marked by the progressive leave of the Black-headed gull colony. At the moment all the young have fledged, and have become to progressively explore th
16 July 2016
Wildlife sightings for 16th July 2016
1 Whitethroat - near peacock tower 4 Common Tern - main lake, reedbed 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - flying around Charing cross hospital July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Whimbrel, Hobby, Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sa
16 July 2016
Kingfishers galore
Kingfishers have been delighting visitors to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre this week by feeding and displaying in front of the hides. Reserve Manager, Tom Clare, said: “Everyone loves to see kingfishers and it is great that more and more of these birds
15 July 2016
Some Wader and Warbler passage.
Reed Warbler taken by Paul Jarvis (Archive Picture) Rushy Green Sandpiper 9 Redshank 2 Avocet 2 adults and a fledged youngster. Kingfisher 1 Little Egret 5 Holden Tower and walkway hides Little Grebe 2 fledged young.
15 July 2016
Wildlife sightings for 15th July 2016
5 Black-Tailed Godwit - circled over before flying East 1 Little Egret - wader scrape 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Hobby - over main lake 1 Kestrel - South route July bird highlights: Little Egret, Shelduck, Whimbrel, Hobby,
15 July 2016
Osprey chicks ringed and now live online!
The two Osprey chicks have now been ringed by our colleagues at the Forestry Commission for Scotland. We have a male blue PW9 and female blue PW0 in the nest. They have also been fitted with satellite trackers, so we will be able to follow them throug
14 July 2016