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Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/High Tide/AM Greylag - 27 Redshank - 105 Grey Heron - 12 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 66 Tufted Duck - 8 Mallard - 45 River Wear Coot - 4 Mute Swan - 2 Grey Wagtail - 1 Other Birds Jay - Site Count - 6 Mistle Thrush - Hunters Creek - 1 Krestrel - Carpa
4 January 2013
Bewick's swan count
Bewick's swans - 940 (Ouse washes at WWT Welney)
4 January 2013
Tick and twitch - 73 species seen!
Nuthatch (Image credit: John Day) On Tuesday, new year’s day, we held our annual tick and twitch event. Helped by lovely weather this year’s event was particularly popular, with many people, including plenty of children, taking part. The car park
3 January 2013
Todays sightings
Fantastic birdwatching again. The morning Peregrine activity among flocks of thousands of waders is particulally good. Use the members gate to get to the Holden Tower and Hides from 08.15 for the best views. Robbie Garnett Hide Whitefronted Goose 148 (18
3 January 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 202 Wigeon 54 Tufted Duck 70 Canada Goose 145 Greylag Goose 10 Tawny Owl 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 2 Wigeon Teal Flood Ground Teal 850 Wigeon 300 Snipe Whooper Swan 3 Tufted Duck 5 Folly Pond Again no sign of Green-winged Teal Teal 5
3 January 2013
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Greylag - 65 Curlew - 30 Redshank - 95 Grey Heron - 6 Shelduck - 16 RIVER/AM/HIGH TIDE Cormorant - 2 Goosander - 1 Grey Heron - 2 Great Black-Backed Gull - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM Siskin (Wader Lake Footpath) - 18 Lesser Red
3 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 3rd January 2013
1 Bittern - main lake N shore a.m. 52 Wigeon - feeding on marsh. New birds arrived since yesterday 3 Snipe - marsh 24 Chaffinch - flew NW Recent bird highlights: Goosander, Bittern, Peregrine, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, Skylark
3 January 2013
High waters brings in the teal & lapwing
This very wet year and lots of rain in December have raised the water levels throughout the reserve. Higher water changes the makeup of the wildfowl population on the reserve. Shelduck numbers have dropped but teal numbers are booming. Snipe have decreas
3 January 2013
WeBS count
Wigeon - 7461 Teal - 1039 Mallard - 910 Pochard - 454 Shoveler - 51 Pintail - 19 Gadwall - 5 Little egret - 2 Lapwing - 6000 Golden plover - 2000 Curlew - 10 Redshank - 8 Snipe - 2 Kestrel - 2 Buzzard - 1 Barn owl - 1 Fieldfare - 40 Goldfinch - 30 Skylark
3 January 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Bittern 1 Showing very well from 12 till 13.30 Grey Heron 2 Teal 1800 Wigeon 300 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Holden Tower/Tack Piece Golden Plover 900 Lapwing 6,000 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 63 Dunlin 340 Snipe 6 Black-tailed Godwit 70 Curlew 2
2 January 2013
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 28 brent goose, 58 greylag goose, 96 shelduck, 360 pintail, 140 wigeon, 31 gadwall, 30 teal, 15 mallard, 12 shoveler, 3 pochard, 16 tufted duck, goldeneye, 380 lapwing, 840 oystercatcher, 15 dunlin, 25 snipe, 300 black tailed go
2 January 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 200 Wigeon 74 Tufted Duck 73 Canada Goose 135 Greylag Goose 3 Tawny Owl 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 6 Wigeon Teal Flood Ground Teal 850 Wigeon 300 Snipe Whooper Swan 3 Tufted Duck 5 Folly Pond No sign of Green-winged Teal Teal 300 Wige
2 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 2nd January 2012
2 Bittern - flew along length of resr lagoon towards the W end (a.m.). 2 birds present p.m. 60 Teal - scrape and marsh 1 Jack Snipe - main lake 2 Fieldfare - feeding south route 20 Siskin - wildside 1 Kingfisher - wildside 9 Redpoll - south route, then
2 January 2013
Warden walks and Bewick's sightings
Hares on warden walk The warden walks are proving a hugh success at getting visitors closer to the brown hares out on Lady Fen, today the afternoon group managed to get within 40 yards of 2 hares huddled on the ground
2 January 2013
New Years Birding
I total of 87 species were recorded at Slimbridge today, not a bad start to the new year and the weather was superb. The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Water Rail 1 Grey Heron 2 Teal 1800 Wigeon 400 The Tack Piece Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 45 Ruff 14 Dunlin 1100
1 January 2013