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Recent Sightings (1st-3rd August)
British Steel Hide (and Grounds) Autumn passage seems to be beginning now, with quite a nice mixed flock of waders beginning to build up on the saline lagoons. On the 3rd there were 2 Spotted Redshanks, 35 Greenshank, 78 Black-tailed Godwits, 76 Redshank
3 August 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 03/08/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 22 (10 adults, 10 juveniles & 2 chick) Little Ringed Plover - 3 (2 adult & 1 juvenile) Ruff (partial summer plumage) - 1 male Redshank - 16 Lapwing - 20 Common Sandpiper - 1 Oystercatcher - 2 (
3 August 2018
Wildlife sightings for 3rd August 2018
1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 6 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Green Sandpiper - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 1 House Sparrow - sheltered lagoon 3 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon 1
3 August 2018
WWT submits Environment Bill proposals
WWT has urged the Government to give legal backing to its promise to leave the environment in a better state for the next generation. Responding to the Government’s consultation on post-Brexit legal protections, we say a new Bill should contain strong
3 August 2018
WWT Snapshot July 2018
Thank you to everyone who has donated, joined, visited, volunteered and supported WWT this year in so many ways. You are supporting huge amounts of conservation work around the world. Here's just a sample of what you've helped to achieve in the last th
2 August 2018
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