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Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Little Grebe - 1 Shelduck - 3 Teal - 44 Grey Heron - 4 Stock Dove - 2 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Grey Heron - 4 Hawthorn Wood Willow Tit - 2 Nuthatch - 2 Greater Spotted Woo
29 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 29th November 2012
2 Pintail - resr lagoon 1 Shelduck - resr lagoon 1 Peregrine - along river and over sheltered lagoon 1 Skylark - flew W 30 Redwing - flew SW 1 Mealy Redpoll - flew from wildside towards world wetlands (not with Lesser Redpolls at the time) 10 Lesser Redp
29 November 2012
Today's sightings- Lots to see!
The Tack Piece WHOOPER SWAN 1 Bewick's Swan 51 White-fronted Goose 29 Wigeon 1650 Teal 500 Pintail 100 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Adult Black-tailed Godwit 470 Golden Plover 900 Lapwing 1600 Dunlin 1200 Spotted Redshank 2 Redshank 31 Ruff 4 Little Egret 1 Pe
28 November 2012
Manicure for cows??
Today, our cows have had their hooves trimmed. This is part of an annual health check. All of our cows graze on wet ground which means their hooves don't get worn down and we need to maintain them for their own health. So how do you trim a cows hoof? The
28 November 2012
Dawn Count
This morning's dawn count produced the highest Whooper Swan numbers of the autumn so far with 1717 birds (give or take a few..) and 11500 Pink-footed Geese. The male Hen Harrier showed well this morning from the Ron Barker Hide. Also 2 Peregrine, Marsh Ha
28 November 2012
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide 2 water rail, kingfisher, sparrowhawk, peregrine, 95 brent goose, 34 greylag goose, 135 wigeon, 2 goldeneye, 45 shoveler, 28 gadwall, 38 teal, 6 black tailed godwit, 11 snipe, 18 little egret and 2 grey heron.
28 November 2012
Latest Sightings
Brambling on the feeders, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Tawny Owl – sat in entrance to Owl Box Whooper Swan 90 Wigeon 100 Tufted Duck 70 Canada Goose 104 Greylag Goose 22 Folly Pond Teal 400 Shoveler 15 Wigeon 100 Black-tailed Godwit 1 R
28 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 28th November 2012
3 Pintail - scrape and marsh 64 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon and marsh 3 Fieldfare - world wetlands Small flock of Redpoll heard in world wetlands Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine,
28 November 2012
Castle Espie has Christmas shopping all wrapped up
Solve all your Christmas shopping headaches in one go by visiting WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre, Co Down on Friday 7th December between 6.30pm to 8.30pm, for some enjoyable and festive retail therapy accompanied by carol singing and the arrival of Santa
27 November 2012
Another Raptor Fest.
Far better conditions today as the winds swung round to the North East. Certainly chiller but crystal clear viewing with sunshine in the afternoon. Another good raptor day with seven species seen. The male Hen Harrier was reported in the afternoon from th
27 November 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 24th November have included: Brent and Shelduck can be seen from the Brent Hide, along with 100 Whooper Swans on the Estuary. Wader Marsh – 2 Greenshanks, 5 Redshanks, 1 Curlew, 11 Gadwalls and 1 Heron. Kingfisher seen on the Saline
27 November 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Low tide but still high due to flooding Teal - 92 Mallard - 46 Shelduck - 4 Redshank - 82 Grey Heron - 8 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 16 Other Birds Siskin - Play Area - 38 Long Tailed Tit - Gully - 4 Grey Wagtail - Gully - 1 Hawthorn Wood G
27 November 2012
Whooper swan counts
We undertook a swan count at Martin Mere on 20 November as part of a national swan count that was taking place between 19 and 21 November. We look at the number of swans, the brood size and therefore the % of young swans. Some really interesting informati
27 November 2012
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 370 Dunlin 500 Golden Plover 80 Lapwing 1300 Spotted Redshank 2 Redshank 15 Pintail 95 Wigeon 1600 Teal 600 The Zeiss Hide Teal 800 Grey Heron 1 The Holden Tower Peregrine 2 Golden Plover 500 Lapw
27 November 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tawny Owl – sat in entrance to Owl Box Whooper Swan 40 Wigeon 100 Tufted Duck 80 Canada Goose 104 Greylag Goose 22 Folly Pond Teal 700 Shoveler 35 Wigeon 270 Black-tailed Godwit 11 Redshank 1 Snipe 7 Lapwing 23 Corner Field Teal 100 Wigeon
27 November 2012