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Wildlife sightings for 24th November 2012
1 Shelduck - main lake 5 Pintail - wader scrape, grazing marsh 130 Teal - site count 53 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape 12 Siskin - entrance lake 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, beside Peacock tower Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egre
24 November 2012
North West Birdwatching Festival starts tommorrow!
Just to mention, the 'North West Birdfair' is on this weekend. The weather is looking good (lucky were aren't in the South West...) and there is loads of stuff on which can be found on the WWT Website. Over the years a number of good rarities have been fo
23 November 2012
Slimbridge - 'The Avian Serengeti'!
‘Floods and wind batter parts of the UK’...'Floods and gales bring misery to the UK’... These were just a few of the familiar headlines you may have seen this week. Up to 44 mm of rain fell within hours and south-westerly gusts of up to 70 miles per
23 November 2012
Fantastic Floods
Fantastic bird watching today especially from the hides to the Holden Tower. The heavy rain has caused extensive flooding and attracted large numbers of waders and wildfowl to the Tack Piece field. It was spectacular days like this in this field that prom
23 November 2012
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW-MID TIDE Teal - 60 Mallard - 46 Shelduck - 3 Heron - 4 Moorhen - 6 Black Headed Gull - 27 Lapwing - 6 Redshank - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM Goshawk (over head in Spring Gill Wood) - 1 Wren, Chaffinch, Robin, Great Tit and Long Tailed Tit (
23 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 23rd November 2012
56 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Peregrine - across river on hospital 1 Chiffchaff - wildside Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared
23 November 2012
Come bird watching with the star of BBC’s The One Show
Mike Dilger - providing a welcome resting spot for a Woodcock TV naturalist and The One Show presenter Mike Dilger is will be at WWT London Wetland Centre on Saturday 2 February 2013 to open a bird watching hide. Visi
23 November 2012
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Teal 300 Shoveler 10 Wigeon 100 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Snipe 25 Lapwing 3 Corner Field Teal 224 Wigeon 125 Black-tailed Godwit 20 Lapwing 40 Snipe 2 Teal Pond Teal 10 Wigeon 15 Gadwall 12 Tufted Duck 2 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 70 Wigeon 100 Tuf
22 November 2012
Today's sightings
Despite heavy and prolonged rain and flooding all our paths remain open and the site is fully functioning. South Finger hide path is puddled but the water has drained off. Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Golden Plover 800 (0900) Lapwing 972 Dunlin 450 Great Bla
22 November 2012
Bird News
Rather grey but most of the 'weather' held off til late afternoon. Very mild in the strong southerlies. Some counts across the reserve included 2000+ Pink-footed Geese, 51 Canada, 560 Greylag, 560+ Shelduck, 400+ Wigeon, 3000+ Teal, 40 Shoveler, 32 Pochar
22 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 22nd November 2012
1 Skylark - flew W 46 Redwing - flew SW + W 2 Stonechat - marsh 1 Chiffchaff - wildside 14 Siskin - sheltered lagoon, south route 3 Redpoll - sheltered lagoon 16 Goldfinch - sheltered lagoon Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret
22 November 2012
Today's sightings
Rushy Bewick's Swan 19 The Holden Tower Golden Plover 1000 Lapwing 700 Dunlin 500 Wigeon 870 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Pintail 70 Wigeon 700 Teal 400 Redshank 40 Black-tailed Godwit 56 South Lake Chiffchaff 3
21 November 2012
Todays' sightings
c100 black tailed godwit 4 greenshank 1 spotted redshank 31 redshank 25 snipe c200 lapwing water rail kingfisher peregrine sparrowhawk buzzard kestrel green woodpecker 4 goldeneye c250 wigeon gadwall shoveler teal tufted duck 2 great white egret on estuar
21 November 2012
Magpie goose success!
In spring 2012, it was noticed during a routine census that WWT Slimbridge only had 3 Magpie goose males in the grounds, one of which was pushing his mid twenties. Magpie geese have a wonderfully inovative and remarkable social system based on self protec
21 November 2012
Last chance to inspire with letter-writing talents
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s Scott 100 letters ‘Inspiring Generations’ letter-writing competition ends on Friday 30 November. So to be in with a chance of winning a fantastic holiday – while making a difference to the environment – WWT is
21 November 2012