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Todays Sightings
Wader Lake & Saline Lagoon Frozen Siskin - Play Area - 45 Cormorant - Site Count - 2 Treecreeper - Pond Zone - 1 Mallard - River Wear - 50 Teal - River Wear Cormorant - River Wear Heron - River Wear Hawthorn Wood Numerous Coal Tit, Blue Tit and G
7 December 2012
Today's sightings
White-fronted Goose 120 Bewick's Swan 135 Wigeon 1800 Teal 900 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 87 Golden Plover 600 Lapwing 1800 Snipe 40 Redshank 15 Curlew 50 Ruff 4 Water Rail 2 Buzzard 8 Peregrine 2 Kestrel 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker 4 Tree
6 December 2012
Goldeneye and swans
Goldeneye - 1 (male seen from the main observatory) We will be opening at 7am on Saturday 7 and Monday 10 December to allow people to watch the hundreds of swans roosting on Lady Fen and Bank farm fly out to the fields from the comfort of the visitor cent
6 December 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 90 Mute Swan 60 Wigeon 111 Tufted Duck 64 Teal 14 Gadwall 2 Canada Goose 70 Greylga Goose 2 Avenue’s Lesser Redpoll Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Brambling Tree Sparrow Fieldfare Redwing Song Thrush Treecreeper Coal Tit Saltmarsh H
6 December 2012
'Swanfall' continues with cold weather
The freezing weather and snow has accompanied the arrival of 117 new Bewick's swans over the last week alone! Today, 132 wild swans (including 26 cygnets) were recorded on the Slimbridge reserve, and while temperatures remain cold, more will be on their w
6 December 2012
Wildlife sightings for 6th December 2012
56 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, resr lagoon, main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Brambling - wildside 11 Siskin - wildside, south route 8 Redpoll - wildside 4 Meadow Pipit - flew SW 6 Fieldfare - wildside Recent bird
6 December 2012
Todays Sightings 6/12/12
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High 100% Frozen Lapwing - 46 Black-headed Gull - 119 Hawthorn Wood Greater Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Long Tailed Tit - 10 Robin - 5 Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Bullfinch Chaffinc
6 December 2012
Pochard & cormorants on a frosty morning
Dec 5 2012, images by Paul Stevens In the World Wetlands exhibit at Arundel Wetland Centre, a pair of wild mute swans are disturbing the peace with their strong wing flapping displays across the water. The swans have decided that the small mechanical digg
6 December 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 2nd December have included: 160 Eiders off the Pier, with 9 Brent and 12 Oystercatchers. Main Lake – 425 Mallards, 1 Cormorant, 19 Tufted ducks, 36 Greylag Geese, 2 Shoveler, 5 Gadwalls and 1 Mute Swan. Saline Lagoon – 3 Little Gre
5 December 2012
Woodcock
More signs of winter in this late autumn period with the arrival of a Woodcock, seen well from the Janet Kear Hide late afternoon. The Janet Kear Hide is historically the best spot to catch up with this well camouflaged woodland wader. Also Brambling from
5 December 2012
December duckling surprise at WWT Slimbridge
Mallard with ducklings in December by James Lees A duck has hatched a brood of ducklings out of season at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre. The wild female mallard and her offspring are creating a st
5 December 2012
Today's bird sightings
Today’s sightings include 4 water rail, peregrine, sparrowhawk, buzzard, kestrel, 7 black tailed godwit, 16 snipe, 2 dunlin, 400 lapwing, 2 redshank, 68 wigeon, 51 shelduck, 2 little grebe, 2 great crested grebe, 6 little egret, kingfisher, 5 jay, great
5 December 2012
Today's sightings-Waxwings
The Car Park WAXWING 3 Flew over at 8.05 and another was seen at mid-day The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 2 Showing very well this morning and one was seen to eat a large Perch. Water Rail 1 Lapwing 250 Ruff 5 Teal 300 Dunlin 120 Golden Plover 54 Robbie Garnett Wi
5 December 2012
Latest Sightings
Lesser Redpoll photo by visitor Andrina Laidler Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 90 Mute Swan 60 Wigeon 111 Tufted Duck 64 Teal 14 Gadwall 2 Canada Goose 70 Greylga Goose 2 Tawny Owl still in the Owl Box Avenue’s Lesser Redpoll Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Bramb
5 December 2012
Wildlife sightings for 5th December 2012
93 Shoveler - main lake, scrape 53 Gadwall - sheltered lagoon 46 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, marsh 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital Additional sighting from yesterday: 1 Pintail - marsh 1 Jack Snipe - marsh Recent bird highlights: Great Whit
5 December 2012