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Corporate volunteering in World Wetlands
Guest blog post by Esther Harvey of Betfair The Betfair team hard at work On a beautiful late August morning we descended on WWT London Wetland Centre for a day’s volunteering. The weather was perfect and the abunda
26 September 2012
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Redshank - 36 Common Snipe - 1 Shoveler - 6 Gadwall - 5 Teal - 37 Moorhen - 7 SALINE LAGOON/AM/LOW TIDE Mallard - 20 Common Sandpiper - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM Wader Lake footpath: Long Tailed Tit -12 Chiffchaff - 4 Reed Bunt
26 September 2012
Wildlife sightings for 26th September 2012
14 Wigeon - scrape, main lake, sheltered lagoon 50 Shoveler - main lake 97 Teal - scrape, main lake 5 Blackcap - entrance area, near Peacock Tower 6 Cetti's Warbler - site count, all singing Additional sighting from yesterday: 3 Peregrine - 2 adult
26 September 2012
Class of 2012 take to the air
Great Crane Project successfully releases 19 cranes in the wild in Somerset Wildlife lovers are celebrating this week following the successful release of 19 cranes on the Somerset Levels and Moors. This is the third such release and the youngsters, brough
26 September 2012
October road closures
Please note that Sunderland City Council is carrying out essential road maintenance on the A1231 near our site in October. On Sundays 7, 14 and 28 October, there will be full road closures from 6am-noon, with diversions in place to ensure people can stil
25 September 2012
Building an Ark
Definitely the most rainfall I've ever seen here. Hopefully post a few shots tomorrow. The Boat House Sluice which runs through the reserve (between the United Utilities and Ron Barker Hides) has over flown and is flooding the reserve fields, ideal for fe
25 September 2012
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 5 (from friends hide this morning) Marsh harrier - 3 Peregrine falcon - 1
25 September 2012
Wildlife sightings for 25th September 2012
61 Shoveler - main lake 2 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 50+ House Martin - feeding over reserve 10+ Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon, south route Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Common Tern - juvenile flew up river 3 Hobby - 1 juvenil
25 September 2012
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Mallard - 24 Moorhen - 2 Black Headed Gull - 20 Heron - 2 Redshank - 23 Lapwing - 1 Shoveler - 2 Mute Swan - 1 Teal - 18 SALINE LAGOON/AM Mallard - 7 OTHER BIRDS/AM Cormorant (River) - 2 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Pheasa
25 September 2012
Pectoral Sandpiper still present
The Holden Tower Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Feeding on the left hand floods Ruff 2 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 50 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 Black-tailed Godwit 123 Curlew 1 Teal 250 The Zeiss Hide Knot 2 Black-tailed Godwit 172 Snipe 1 Wigeon 30 Pintail 10 Teal 300 T
25 September 2012
A bird that loves the wet weather
Below is some video footage Andy Bunting from in focus took yesterday of common snipe feeding. This bird loves wet weather and we have seen a big influx of over 140 birds. They can be viewed on the edge of the mere delving for worms and grubs. They have
25 September 2012
Y fflamingos Cymru
Today I took a trip over the Second Severn Crossing and journeyed into deepest, darkest (and windiest!) Carmarthenshire to visit WWT National Wetland Centre in Llanelli, for a chat with the folks there about their flock of Caribbean flamingos. As part of
24 September 2012
In the rain.
A wet day, so always good to see a few hardy souls having a look. There has been quite an influx of interesting birds in the UK in the past week with north american waders from the west to Yellow-browed Warbler et al from the east, so there is always the
24 September 2012
Latest Sightings
This mornings flight saw 71 Barnacle Geese fly inland, but we expect with the low pressure and the easterly wind over the next few days a lot more Barnacle Geese to arrive here. Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 20 Canada Goose 100 Greylag Goose 1 Gadwall 1 Mute S
24 September 2012
Out on the reserve today
Spoonbill - 1 (main lagoon) Along with good numbers of wildfowl, wigeon, teal, shoveler and gadwall. Black-tailed godwit (Friends hide)
24 September 2012