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Flamingos from above.
The good weather (don't blink as you'll miss it) that has been around over this weekend has been excellent for flamingo watching, and a really good way to get a view of the Caribbean flamingos to see what they are up to from a bird's-eye-view is to pop up
27 August 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Large flock of 72 Arctic Terns, a dark and intermediate phase Arctic Skua and two Common Terns all downriver this morning between 0740 and 0900. A large flock of Dunlin and Ringed Plover are feeding out on the flats. A Whimbrel remains among
27 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 27th August 2012
55 Shoveler - scrape and main lake 51 Teal - scrape and main lake 4 Snipe - scrape and main lake 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Common Tern - main lake Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Marsh Harrier - juvenile, flew over grazing marsh A 5th Bu
27 August 2012
Junior Wetland Warden Log 2
Guest blog by WWT London Wetland Centre Learning Manager Shayna Barby Making minibeast refugia The second week of junior warden activity has seen us continue our habitat restoration work on the South Route of the Lond
27 August 2012
Butterflies and dragons
Good numbers of dragonflies at last with Emperor, Blacktailed skimmer, Common Darter, Brown, Southern and Migrant hawkers, Blue tailed, Common and Azure damselflies. The main butterflies at the moment are Comma, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell,
26 August 2012
Swallow chicks
You can curerntly see three swallow chicks nesting in the roof of our building and they are proving quite an attraction for our visitors as you can watch their parents swoop in to feed them on a regular basis. The nest is in the top of the roof as you wa
26 August 2012
Raptor Day
First Merlin of the autumn, a juvenile, showed well perched on a five bar gate. Four Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, adult and juvenile Peregrine, 2 Kestrel and 2 Sparrowhawk. Lots of Common Snipe activity in the rain this morning with at least 60 birds
26 August 2012
Roundup for the morning
South Lake Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Black-tailed Godwit 260 Redshank 70 Teal 110 Zeiss Hide Teal 160 Wigeon 3 Ruff 1 Green Sanpiper 3 Shoveler 30 Lapwing 50 Dunlin 1 Ringed Plover 1 Holden Tower Estuary Ringed Plover 80 Dunlin 150 If you would like to wal
26 August 2012
A change in the seasons at Welney
Late morning Spotted redshank - 1 Green sandpiper - 8 Common sandpiper - 1 Turnstone - 15 Dunlin - 1 Little egret There seems to be a real change in the seasons here at Welney today with lapwing and other waders starting to flock and wildfowl gathering on
26 August 2012
Raptors hunting and Waders
Plenty of activity today with waders to the fore. Previous days numbers in brackets(). At least 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper(2), Greenshank(4), 20+ Common Snipe, 300+ Lapwing. Wood Sandpiper (1). Raptors have incl
25 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 25th August 2012
3 Green Sandpiper - scrape 3 Common Sandpiper - sheltered lagoon, scrape 1 Ringed Plover - scrape 3 Snipe - main lake, scrape 1 Dunlin - scrape 1 Wigeon 1 Peregrine 1 Hobby 1 Common Tern 2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 1 Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 3 Whinc
25 August 2012
Today's sightings
South Lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 224 Redshank 72 Lapwing 150 The Kingfisher Hide COMMON SNIPE (75) feeding in the open on mud at back of the field. Ruff 1 Green Sandpiper 3 The Zeiss Hide Garganey 1 Teal 350 Ruff 6 Dunlin 12 Sanderli
24 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 24th August 2012
3 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Dunlin - scrape 2 Snipe - main lake 1 Whinchat - marsh 1 Kingfisher - wildside/reedbed area Recent bird highlights: Garganey, Peregrine, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Black-tail
24 August 2012
New species of damselfly arrives in Wales
Small red-eyed damselfly at WWT Llanelli (Mark Hipkin) Small red-eyed damselflies have been recorded on the reserve here at WWT Llanelli, and according to the British Dragonfly Society, they are the first recorded any
24 August 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/High tide Curlew - 1 Common Sandpiper - 1 Redshank - 48 Lapwing - 30 Tufted Duck - 7 + 3 Duckling Gadwall - 2 Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon/River/AM/High tide Curlew - 1 Cormorant - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Black Headed Gull - 14 Other
24 August 2012