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Wildlife sightings for 9th August
1 Common Sandpiper (river ) 20 Teal 16 Shoveler 4 Snipe (marsh) 5 Willow Warbler 4 Chiffchaff 1 Peregrine [...]
9 August 2012
Latest sightings
5.08.12 – Green sandpiper – 1 at Lyle hide 6.08.12 – Water vole – 2 and sedge warblers in the front pond and a large flock of house martins around the visitor centre.
8 August 2012
These lawnmoo-wers keep our reserve in peak condition
A very special breed of cow is helping WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre keeps its nature reserve in top notch condition. Over the years wetter winters have altered the habitat on the reserve at Slimbridge and made some areas unsuitable for many breeds of cat
8 August 2012
Latest sightings
5.08.12 – Green sandpiper – 1 at Lyle hide 6.08.12 – Water vole – 2 and sedge warblers in the front pond and a large flock of house martins around the visitor centre. [...]
8 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 8th August 2012
15 Shoveler – main lake and scrape 14 Teal – main lake 1 Green Sandpiper – scrape [...]
8 August 2012
Reserve news update – July 2012
Wildlife With the breeding season coming to a close on Wader Lake, all of the avocet adults and fledged young have departed site. Despite the floods at the end of June, 60 of the 82 pairs of nesting common tern have successfully fledged 50-60 young this y
7 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 7 August
14 Shoveler – wader scrape 15 Teal – main lake, reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 1 Common Snipe – main lake 1 Kingfisher – wildside 2 Willow Warbler – wilds [...]
7 August 2012
Today's sightings
British Steel Hide 598 curlew 22 whimbrel 16 greenshank 112 redshank 267 black tailed godwits Brent goose Peregrine Sparrow hawk Buzzard 3 great crested grebe
6 August 2012
Today's sightings
British Steel Hide 598 curlew 22 whimbrel 16 greenshank 112 redshank 267 black tailed godwits Brent goose Peregrine Sparrow hawk Buzzard 3 great cres [...]
6 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 5th August 2012
1 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Common Sandpiper 8 Willow Warbler 5 Chiffchaff 1 Kingfisher 8 cetti’s Warbler 14 Shoveler 13 Teal [...]
5 August 2012
Flamingo researcher auf Deutsch
This week I have been in the same town of Bielefeld in north-east Germany, attending a workshop on developments in the field of animal social networks; how we can better understand what animals “get” out of the relationships that they form and why the
4 August 2012
Sightings will be updated Monday 6 Aug
Work is currently being carried out on our website so we won't be updating sightings (unless something very rare turns up) until Monday 6 August when the new site launches. In the meantime, yo [...]
3 August 2012
Wildlife sightings for 2nd August 2012
2 Shoveler – scrape 11 Teal – main lake, scrape 1 Common Sandpiper – main lake 6 Common Tern – main lake 5 Cetti’s Warbler – resr lagoon, wil [...]
2 August 2012
Today's sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide) Lapwing - 152 Redshank - 2 Grey heron - 7 Common tern - 4 plus 2 young Black-headed gull - 6 plus 5 young Tufted duck - 6 plus 2 young Mallard - 28 Saline lagoon (AM low tide) Black-headed gull - 42 plus 16 young Grey hero
1 August 2012
WWT has first film entry to Wildscreen Festival
[gallery] WWT has, for the first time, had a film entry accepted into the Wildscreen Festival – one of the most prestigious and influential events in the wildlife and environmental filmmaking industry. The WWT Saving the Madagascar Pochard film follows
1 August 2012