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Meet birds of prey at Wing Watch at WWT London Wetland Centre
Tawny Owl - Ben Long Wild birds of prey are regular visitors to WWT London Wetland Centre, but due to their speed and agility it is often difficult to get a really good look at them. So for three days in February Lond
16 January 2013
Merlin
Sub zero over night so a marvelously frosty winter spectacle this morning and the forecast looks good for the next 7 days. The colder condition tend to bring a few more Whooper Swan onto the reserve with at least 1000 birds present thou no official counts
15 January 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 228 Mute Swan 43 Tufted Duck 114 Wigeon 80 Canada Goose 116 Greylag Goose 10 Pintail 2 Teal 10 Tawny Owl 1 Gadwall 3 Folly Pond Teal 150 Wigeon 10 Shoveler 5 Flood Ground Currently frozen so only 5 Whooper Swan, Greylag, Canada &
15 January 2013
Today's sightings-Bean Goose
The Holden Tower TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE 1 adult with 182 White-fronted Geese Barnacle Goose 140 Egyptian Goose 1 Lapwing 1000 Golden Plover 600 Peregrine 2 Buzzard 4 The Willow Hide Water Rail 1 Showing very on the ice close to the hide Chaffinch 50 Great-spot
15 January 2013
Today's bird sightings
Today’s sightings include 212 black tailed godwit, 396 curlew, 145 redshank, 6 greenshank, 2 spotted redshank, 17 snipe, 79 lapwing, 3 water rail, peregrine, buzzard, kestrel, 55 wigeon, 37 shelduck, 33 shoveler, 2 little grebe, 4 great crested grebe, 1
15 January 2013
It is time to say goodbye
After 40 years of service with WWT, I would like to inform you that I have decided that the time is right for him to take on a new challenge outside of the Trust and I will be leaving Martin Mere in April 2013. I joined the Trust in 1973 and have spen
15 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 15th January 2013
1 Bittern - flew from reedbed into reedbed filters 53 Lapwing - main lake 55 Wigeon - grazing marsh 22 Siskin - sheltered lagoon, mixed flock on entrance lake 1 Kestrel - over wildside Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregri
15 January 2013
First Snowdrop
I'm not going to tempt fate by saying spring is just round the corner as soon as the first Snowdrop is in flower (near the toilet block) along the Nature Trail... New for this year Nuthatch on feeders near the Beaver Enclosure. Also new, adult winter plum
14 January 2013
Today's sightings
A very murky start to the day with showers eventually turned to a sunny late afternoon. Holden Tower E White-fronted Geese 160+ late afternoon on Tack Piece Lapwing 1000 Wigeon 500 Pintail 30 Dunlin 700 Golden Plover 40 Rushy Whooper Swan 1 until 1100 at
14 January 2013
Bittern!
This morning the second sighting of a Bittern was had by one of our younger visitors, who managed a few pictures to confirm. While watching from the scrape hide a bittern flew up and drifted into the main reedbed in front of the reedbed hide.
14 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 14th January 2013
1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 3 Fieldfare - wildside 33 Siskin - wildside and south route/sheltered lagoon 4 Redpoll - wildside Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Waxwing, Skylark, Bearded Tit. The
14 January 2013
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM Shelduck - 14 Teal - 23 Grey Heron - 1 Mallard - 30 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Pheasant - 14 Bullfinch - 2 Great Tit - 3 Robin - 1 Blackcird - 2 Blue Tit - 5 OTHER BIRDS/AM Wood Pigeon (Across Site) - 40 Wren (Hollowood) - 2
14 January 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 221 Mute Swan 43 Tufted Duck 50 Wigeon 100 Canada Goose 116 Greylag Goose 10 Pintail 1 Folly Pond Teal 450 Wigeon 130 Shoveler 2 Redshank 10 Black-tailed Godwit 10 Snipe 7 Flood Ground Teal 537 Wigeon 232 Tufted Duck 2 Whooper Sw
14 January 2013
WeBS Count
Water levels have improved and are continuing to drop, but the frozen conditions we are forecast will mean that every available bit of open, fresh water will be a lifeline to our birds, wader numbers may drop as the ground freezes but wildfowl will remain
14 January 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Wigeon 1600 on the estuary, 361 on the Dumbles Teal 460 on the estuary Peregrine 2 hunting estuary and quarreling over Turkey Oaks Dunlin 550 Lapwing 1000 Ruff 1 Redshank 12 E White-fronted Geese 170 showed very well at midday Egyp
13 January 2013