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Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 71 Wigeon 111 Teal 5 Tufted Duck 70 Canada Goose 90 Greylag Goose 10 Corner Field GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 Teal 225 Wigeon 100 Black-tailed Godwit 9 Lapwing 100 Teal Pond Teal 20 Wigeon 6 Gadwall 1 Snipe 1 Flood Ground Teal 600 Wigeon
5 November 2012
Ferruginous duck
Ferruginous duck - 1 (female, in front of the main observatory)
5 November 2012
Today's sightings
Rushy Bewick's Swan family (parents and one cygnet) see Julia's Blog to follow. Pochard 40 Pintail 55 Tufted Duck 110 Zeiss Hide Green-winged Teal (has vertical stripes and lacks yellow lines on head) Teal 740 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 2 Black-tailed G
5 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 5th November 2012
1 Pintail - marsh 39 Wigeon - marsh 36 Lapwing - main lake 1 Stonechat - male, perched on marsh fence Flock of Redpoll flew W, heard but not seen Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Bittern - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - male and female, marsh
5 November 2012
First family arrives at Slimbridge!
The first Bewick’s swan family of the season has flown into Slimbridge for the winter! There was great excitement as old favourites Lucius and Aoki appeared at the morning feed with a healthy cygnet in tow. Lucius (C. Bu
5 November 2012
Today's sightings
South Lake Long-billed Dowitcher 1 and Black-tailed Godwit 90 are roosting here but commuting to the Tack Piece to feed. Also a Great Crested Grebe, 90 Teal and a Ruff. Tack Piece Where the action is at the moment. The godwits, Redshank and dowitcher all
4 November 2012
Tens of Thousands and a Bullfinch.
A lovely day, loads of birds and loads of visitors making the most of the spectacle. No specific counts but the total bird count will be over 20,000. With such a concentration of birds the raptors are always present, if only to feed on carrion. Merlin aga
4 November 2012
Water rail
Water rail - 1 (showing nicely to the right of the main observatory)
4 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 4th November 2012
35 Wigeon - marsh 1 Bittern - sheltered lagoon 1 Jack Snipe - showing well on the main lake (2nd parallel grassy island away from Peacock Tower, feeding about halfway along) 151 Black-headed Gull - main lake 2 Stonechat - male and female, marsh Recent bir
4 November 2012
Swan numbers
Earlier in the week the swans on the Ouse washes were counted and at present we have: WWT Welney totals Whooper swan - 2177 Bewick's swan - 5 Ouse washes totals Whooper swan - 2705 Bewick's swan - 5
3 November 2012
Hitting the highs.
Another days spectacular viewing with 1000's of Pink-footed Geese coming and going on the reserve. The new swan feeding regime is working well with the first of the days feed occurring at 10:30 from the Swan Link Hide and 11am in front of the heated Raine
3 November 2012
Today's sightings
Migrants A LAPLAND BUNTING flew low south this morning with a large number of Skylarks. And a HOUSE MARTIN was also seen this afternoon was a very late record. The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 2 Showing well again at times Barn Owl 1 In the hide! Dunlin 307 Redshan
3 November 2012
Wildlife sightings for 3rd November 2012
1 Bittern - flew around main reedbed a.m. then settled near the main lake N shore/reedbed edge. Flew across main lake from S shore to the main reedbed at 1640hrs 2 Mandarin - flew into world wetlands (male and female) 28 Redwing - flew W+SW 22 Redpoll -
3 November 2012
Celebrate Christmas at WWT Llanelli
The festive season is nearly upon us, and you can get into the Christmas spirit with plenty of events and activities at WWT Llanelli – there’s something for everyone! Did you know that reindeer love to eat goose poo? I’m sure that’ll be enough inc
3 November 2012
3rd of November Sightings
Weather: cool and breezy with sunny spells. Wader Lake Time: AM - Tide Level: Low Teal - 98 Wigeon - 3 Shoveler - 21 Lapwing - 46 Curlew - 4 Black-Headed Gull - 65 Coot - 4 Saline Lagoon Tide Level: Low Rabbit - 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch -
3 November 2012