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Wildlife sightings for 19th May 2012
1 Shelduck - wader scrape 4 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Redshank - grazing marsh 15 Common Tern - main lake 2 Chiffchaff - both singing wildside, sheltered lag [...]
19 May 2012
Todays sightings
Holden Tower A good high tide this morning and will be even better tommorrow. Crane 4 feeding on the dumbles 08.30. Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing broods and incubating birds acrossd the Dumbles. [...]
19 May 2012
Teacher's Open Day at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre
Tour the reserve and preview the education sessions on Sunday 27 May. WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is holding an Open Day for teachers on Sunday 27 May from noon - 3 pm. Teachers can register in advance to visit the reserve for a tour and a preview of the e
18 May 2012
Mute swans tower above recent floods
Mute swan nest in flood As flooding affects the nesting season on the Ouse washes at WWT Welney, one pair of swans are towering above the lapping water. A determined pair of mute swans are refusing to lose their nest
18 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Low Tide Avocet 7 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 6 Grey Heron 57 Common Tern 42 Shelduck 19 Shoveler 2 Gadwall&nb [...]
18 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 18th May 2012
2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 13 Common Tern - main lake 50+ Swift - site count 2 Swallow - grazing marsh 1 Whitethroat - NE reservoir lagoon Brood of sand martin chicks on [...]
18 May 2012
Avocet chicks found again
Avocets Fears mounted this morning when there was no sign of adults or the three young at the Holden Tower where the first ever young in Gloucestershire were hatched on wednesday. A lone [...]
18 May 2012
Flamingo chicks hatch at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
Six greater flamingo chicks have been born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Twenty three eggs have been laid so far this year; so the Grounds team are still expecting many more chicks to hatch in the next week for the award winning Downy Duckling Week,
17 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 9 Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 6 Common Tern - 49 Gery Heron - 70 Shelduck - 22 Swallow - 47 House Martin - 10 Sand Martin - 7 Saline Lagoon [...]
17 May 2012
Today's sightings
An avocet and a spoonbill have appeared on the saline lagoons in front of the British steel hide. Three Mediterranean gull are still present on the lagoon along with a drake garganey. Other sightings [...]
17 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 3 Tufted Duck 1 Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Mute Swan on nest Folly Pond Gadwall 4 Shoveler 5 Shelduck 3 Oystercatcher 2 Teal 3 Wigeon 4 [...]
17 May 2012
Wildlife sightings for 17th May 2012
2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Redshank - marsh 15 Common Tern - main lake c. 200 Swift - feeding on site 1 Chiffchaff - singing near Sheltered Lagoon Recent bird hig [...]
17 May 2012
Today's Sightings-Phalarope
Female Red-necked Phalarope on the Top New Piece JSLees WWT Zeiss Hide RED-NECKED PHALAROPE female still present, it is a small bird and can be easy to overlook among the ducks when feeding on [...]
17 May 2012
Avocets breed in Gloucestershire for the first time
Adult Avocet with chick taken by James Lees Conservationists are celebrating after an iconic bird has bred in Gloucestershire for the first time. A pair of avocets has bred at WWT Slimbridge and two of their young hav
16 May 2012
Osprey eggs lost!
At the osprey nest, everything had been going well with the incubation until Saturday 12th of May when yet another intruder osprey arrived at the nest. It was a bird with a blue ring with white letters on it's left leg, butwe did not get a good enough lo
16 May 2012