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Wednesday 14th November 2012
The North American green-winged teal is showing really well this morning right in front of the Folly Pond Hide. 960 teal, 174 wigeon, 40 shovelers also on the Folly pond making a great scene as the rain actually stopped for a while. A 9.9m tide is due to
14 November 2012
Scott of the Antarctic Exhibition
'Scott of the Antarctic' was a naval officer and explorer, who died attempting to be the first to reach the South Pole in 1912. His son Peter, aged just two when his father and his companions perished, went on to found the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (W
13 November 2012
Today's sightings
Today’s highlights include 5 water rail, peregrine, 2 spotted redshank, 13 greenshank, 102 knot, 154 black tailed godwit, 44 dunlin, 141 lapwing, 258 curlew, 78 redshank, 50 greylag goose, 68 wigeon, 124 shelduck, 570 pintail, 63 lesser black backed gul
13 November 2012
Teal in flight
Spectacular views of 4000+ Teal swirling around over Vinson Marsh this afternoon. Not quite sure what was flushing them but it was most likely one of the 3 Peregrines present today. The most recent Pink-footed Geese count was just under 12,000. Certainly
13 November 2012
Sightings Update
The first male Golden Eye on the season was spotted flying upstream on the Wear at 1:05pm.
13 November 2012
Tuesday 13th November 2012
photo by Mike Youdale The North American green-winged teal is showing well on the Folly Pond, displaying with the rest of the male Eurasian teal. He is one among over 2,200 teal on the reserve today, spread over the Flood Ground, Corner Field and the Fol
13 November 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Low Tide/AM Shelduck - 3 Wigeon - 2 Teal - 71 Stock Dove - 2 Redwing - 9 Grey Heron - 4 Saline Lagoon Teal - 9 Mallard - 11 Other Birds Great Black Backed Gull - River - 2 Black Headed Gull - River - 53 Waxwing - Flew Over Site - 12 Long Tailed
13 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 13th November 2012
1 Little Egret - scrape 52 Wigeon - wader scrape, grazing marsh, sheltered lagoon 4 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 4 Redpoll - wildside 6 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 1 Fieldfare Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl,
13 November 2012
Today's sightings-Whooper Swan
The South Lake WHOOPER SWAN 1 Adult came in to roost at 16.00 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 adult Ruff 3 Black-tailed Godwit 240 Lapwing 120 Teal 250 Great-crested Grebe 1 The Martin Smith Hide Snipe 4 Water Rail 1 The Zeiss Hide Redshank 15 Lapwing 250 Dunlin
13 November 2012
A promising year for the Bewick's?
Mild temperatures and westerly winds have stemmed the flow of Bewick’s to Britain in recent days with only small groups venturing across the North Sea from the continent. However, slowly but surely the swans are edging closer. The 2,300 birds that dropp
13 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 12th November 2012
4 Mandarin - world wetlands 42 Wigeon - marsh 1 Bittern - N shore main lake (midday) 46 Redwing - flew W,SW,SE 10 Siskin - wildside 1 Water Pipit - marsh (calling in flight) 2 Fieldfare - feeding around sheltered lagoon Recent bird highlights: Goldene
12 November 2012
Centenary of Scott of Antarctic demise continues to inspire
Captain Robert Falcon Scott Captain Scott and his expedition were discovered exactly a hundred years ago today. Their deaths in the Antarctic moved and inspired generations. WWT’s centenary campaign, in celebration
12 November 2012
Bird News
A wet start with a south-easterly wind. Never a bad wind as most of the hide windows face a westerly position. A month earlier this airflow may have brought interesting migrants onto the reserve but no reports of anything new today. Weather wise the rest
12 November 2012
Mike Dilger’s Big 9 Challenge begins at Arundel on Jan 25.
Face of The One Show and probably the most widely watched wildlife presenter on TV today, Mike Dilger will be embarking on a very special mission for WWT in January 2013. Kind of like a cross between running seven marathons on seven continents in seven da
12 November 2012
Today's sightings
In summary- hide news and work plans The Wigeon flock has moved back to the estuary and other duck species spreading out across the reserve. The godwit flock can take some locating and usually have the Long-billed Dowitcher with them. They still favour t
12 November 2012