News
Bittern again
Looks like there is a Bittern hanging around on the reserve at the moment. The bird was first seen, assuming it's the same one, on the 20th Sept and again today feeding in a ditch between Woodend Marsh and Long Meadow. The first family party of Whooper Sw
2 October 2012
Flooding at WWT Martin mere
Last week wasnt such a good week for us here at WWT Martin mere we experienced a lot of flooding due to the heavy rain fall. We were flooded from Tuesday carrying on untill Saturday. It was the worse flood I have seen in 40 years. The local farmers said
2 October 2012
Out on the reserve today
Crane (up to eight birds in recent days) Wheatear (2) Gannet (a juvenile bird flew along the washes yesterday) Jay (8 birds in one flock) Peregrine (1)
2 October 2012
Wild bird sightings Monday 1 October
748 black tailed godwits 5 bar 270 redshank 107 knot c300 curlew 6 snipe Peregrine Sparrowhawk Buzzard Jay 2 kingfisher 2 black cap
2 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 38 Teal 2 Canada Goose 100 Greylag Goose 2 Mute Swan 2 Folly Pond Teal 700 Shoveler 30 Wigeon 140 Pink-footed Goose 13 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Curlew 10 Corner Field Teal 340 Wigeon 100 Shoveler 6 Pintail 2 Avenue Tower Wigeon 21 Sh
2 October 2012
Today's sightings
The Lathbury Hide RED-NECKED PHALAROPE 1 Juvenile showing well this am Redshank 30 Teal 1800 The Holden Tower Curlew Sandpiper 5 Little Stint 2 Sanderling 11 Dunlin 159 Ringed Plover 30 Curlew 80 Grey Plover 50 The South Lake Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 3
2 October 2012
Todays sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/MID TIDE Redshank - 6 Snipe - 4 Tufted Duck - 6 Teal - 54 Lapwing - 78 Grey Heron - 2 Shoveler - 4 Mallard - 27 SALINE LAGOON/AM/MID TIDE Mallard - 12 Grey Heron - 1 Redshank - 2 Cormorant - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM North Wood Jay - 2
2 October 2012
How long in the tooth (beak)?
Delving through the literature on flamingo biology brings up a range of interesting, insightful and, at times, slightly odd pieces of work pertaining to these birds both in the wild and in captivity. I have found several pieces of work today reviewing the
1 October 2012
Shop stock take
Our gift shop will be closed on the morning of Wednesday 24 October for an essential stock take. We will aim to open again after lunch and apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause you during your visit. Many thanks :-)
1 October 2012
Vis Mig
It's a great time of year to witness visible migration ('vis mig'). Hundreds of thousands of birds will be passing through the UK during autumn migration and many of these are apparent just by looking up into the sky. Generally people choose prominent g
1 October 2012
Reserve webcam goes live!
As autumn arives so do our webcams! Webcams are now live on the reserve as the Geese fly in. We have roughly 7,000 geese on the reserve at the moment which will more than double in the next few weeks. You can also see the swan feeds towards they end of th
1 October 2012
Avocet
Unringed avocet down on Wader Lake today! :-)
1 October 2012
Wildlife sightings for 1st October 2012
6 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon 350+ House Martin - flying SW/W (0815-1000hrs) and feeding over main lake 22 Meadow Pipit - flying NW/W 9 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon 13+ Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, south route 1 Kingfisher - south route 2 Redpoll - shelter
1 October 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Mid Tide Teal - 32 Mallard - 37 Avocet - 1 Mute Swan - 1 Shoveler - 54 Black Headed Gull - 42 Curlew - 1 Grey Heron - 5 Redshank - 5 Snipe - 6 Hawthorn Wood Pheasant - 7 Blue Tit - 2 Nuthatch - 1 Great Tit - 2 Coal Tit - 1 Robin - 1
1 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Brown Hare from the Avenue Tower this morning, M.Youdale © Copyright WWT 2012 Today seems to be the major influx day of Barnacle Geese. Yesterday count of 4500 has been almost trippled today, with Barnacle Geese almost in every field and part of the sal
1 October 2012