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Today's wildlife sightings 02/08/18
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Little ringed plover 2 Pied wagtail 3 Avocet 9 adult, 7 juvenile, 3 chicks Common tern 20 Lapwing 19 Crow Saline lagoon Common sandpiper 2 Redshank 15 Lapwing 18 Avocet Hawthorn Wood Great tit 9 Nuthatch Bullfinch 2 Willow tit 3 B
2 August 2018
Learn a new skill this winter
Over the autumn and winter, WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is hosting a series of courses aimed at getting you engaged with nature. From September onwards you can take part in courses that help increase your bird identification skills, photography skill
2 August 2018
Wildlife sightings for 2nd August 2018
1 Green Sandpiper - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Water Rail - main reedbed 1 Willow Warbler - South route 6 Common Tern - main lake, wader scrape 4 Little Grebe - main lake 1 Hobby - grazing marsh  
2 August 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan + cygnets Greylag Mallard Coot Moorhen Grey heron Little egret Ruff (x15) Redshank Snipe Green sandpiper (x6) Wood sandpiper Common sandpiper Avocet Lapwing Common tern Black headed gull Swallow House martin Starling Sedge warble
2 August 2018
Latest Sightings - Thursday 2nd August
More rain today which has really topped our ponds up nicely. More geese have been seen in the past few days, with Canada and Greylag Geese feeding out on the merse. Swallows, House Martins and Sand Martins are feeding over the ponds and fields at the mome
2 August 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Shoveler Mallard Coot Moorhen Crane (1 ad + 1 juv) Grey heron Little egret Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Avocet Snipe (x4) Green sandpiper (x6) Wood sandpiper Common sandpiper Little-ringed plover (x4) Lapwing Common ter
1 August 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 01/08/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Green Sandpiper - 1 Avocet - 29 Common Snipe - 3 Pied Wagtail - 3 Greylag Goose - 1 Black-tailed Godwit - 4 Redshank - 3 Black-headed Gull - 78 Saline Lagoon Lapwing - 14 Black-headed Gull - 2 Great Blac
1 August 2018
Wildlife sightings for 1st August 2018
1 Hobby - wader scrape 1 Little Egret - main lake 1 Snipe - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Willow Warbler - singing by the entrance lake 6 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Chiffcha
1 August 2018
Recent Sightings (28th-31st July)
Millennium Wetlands The group of Garden Warblers have made several appearances recently, with 2 on 31st seen near the Heron Wing Hide bridge. Other birds out on the reserves include 4 Jay, 3 Long-Tailed Tit, 18 Goldfinch, 4 Blackcap and 5 Chiffcha
31 July 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Shelduck Mallard Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Bittern Little egret Black-tailed godwit Ruff Greenshank Redshank Avocet Black-winged stilt (juv) Water rail Snipe Common sandpiper Wood sandpiper Little-ringed plover Common tern B
31 July 2018
Recent Sightings €- 30th July 2018
The following sightings were recorded today at Low-High tide from the reserve at Castle Espie. A change in the weather has been welcome, with our ponds receiving some badly needed water after a long dry spell. During our Wildlife Rangers mini-beast hunt
31 July 2018
Wildlife sightings for 31st July 2018
1 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Snipe - main lake 6 Common Tern - main lake 1 Peregrine - on hospital 3 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 4 Little Grebe - main lake, wader scrape  
31 July 2018
Wildlife sightings - 31/07/18
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Greenshank 1 Avocet 25 Lapwing 128 Little-ringed plover 1 Shelduck 1 Tufted duck 2 Pied wagtail 3 Black-tailed godwit 5 Greylag 5 Redshank 4 Saline Lagoon Lapwing 9 Redshank 15 Avocet 4 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Great-spott
31 July 2018
Owl chicks & toadlets
Two barn owl chicks from WWT Arundel nest box found by licensed handler Stuart Card. Stuart Card, Countryside Warden for Horsham County Council to Arundel Wetland Centre was onsite last Thursday evening to check our o
30 July 2018
Beautiful butterflies
This year's weather has led to a boom in the numbers of butterflies and moths being recorded at Castle Espie, which was great news for our first ever Butterfly Walk in July! Visitors explored the reserve alongside Reserve Warden Ross. Sightings on the day
30 July 2018