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Today's wild bird sightings
Great white egret - seen from the British Steel Hide 5 little egret 18 cormorant 630 black tailed godwit 462 knot 6 snipe 35 dunlin 12 redshank 2 spotted redshank 14 greenshank assorted wildfowl kestrel sparrowhawk buzzard
22 October 2012
The swans are coming!
One of nature’s greatest spectacles and feats of endurance is now underway as thousands of small yet hardy Bewick’s swans escape the freezing Russian arctic winter and make their way to warmer havens in northwest Europe. After leaving Russia in Septem
22 October 2012
Whats on this October half term
We had a great start to October half term this weekend with 2100 people visiting us! This weekend the pumpkin carvings kicked off our half term activities, and we have plently more going on over the new two weeks. There are daily talks and feeds includin
22 October 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/High Tide Teal - 33 Mallard - 47 Black Headed Gull -33 Heron - 3 Lapwing - 13 Redshank - 47 Snipe - 4 Moorhen - 2 Curlew- 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 4 Other Birds Heron - River Wear - 1 Cormorant - River Wear - 1 Hawthorn Wood Pheasant -
22 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 60 Wigeon 20 Gadwall 3 Teal 1 Folly Pond Teal 400 Shoveler 4 Whooper Swan 3 Mute Swan 5 Snipe 1 Wigeon 20 Teal Pond Snipe 1 Kestrel 1 Magpie 1 (still scarce here) Teal 4 Gadwall 1 Avenue Tower Teal 700 Wigeon 50 Pintail 4 Shoveler
22 October 2012
Today's sightings
Murky and misty start to the day hampering viewing. Please note we will be removing seasonal fences, cutting back vegetation, digging up willow saplings and mowing on the Tack Piece and scrapes here today Zeiss Hide Redshank 6 Black-tailed Godwit 5 Snipe
22 October 2012
Wildlife sightings for 22nd October 2012
107 Shoveler - mostly main lake 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 8 Snipe - scrape, marsh 1 Peregrine - flew high over main lake, then turned back across the river 1 Kestrel - male, overflow car park 9 Redwing - feeding sheltered lagoon, then flew S 200 Starling - f
22 October 2012
European White-fronted Goose
Fantastic day to be out birding, great views of 6 of raptors with Merlin, 3 Peregrine, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel. The Merlin was seen acting 'Hobby like' catching Dragonfly. Adult European White-fronted Goose with Pink-foo
21 October 2012
Misty morning and visible migration
The fog finally cleared by 2.00pm but it was still possible to see birds that were close to the hide all morning. South Lake Long-billed Dowitcher 1 (all day) Black-tailed Godwit 97 at 0830 and 140 later. Great Crested Grebe 1 Shoveler 37 Little Egret 1 H
21 October 2012
Today's sightings
325 curlew, 654 black tailed godwit, 15 redshank, 2 spotted redshank, 17 greenshank, 200 knot, 3 snipe, 21 lapwing, 18 little egret, 112 wigeon, 14 shoveler, raven and 2 grey heron
21 October 2012
Wildlife sightings for 21st October 2012
1 Bittern - west end reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 24 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, main lake 5 Snipe - marsh and scrape 1 Redpoll - flew over wildside 1 Siskin - south route 20+ Goldfinch - flock feeding by entrance area Recent bird h
21 October 2012
Wildlife sightings for 20th October 2012
2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 1 Bittern - flew across main lake and dropped into reedbed/wildside 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 6 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 19 Redwing - flew over W, NW 35+ Siskin - wildside, south route 1 Peregrine - low over grazi
20 October 2012
Tundra Bean Goose again
Tundra Bean Goose again this morning on the Mere with Pink's. Orange-legged Pink-footed Goose also present on the Mere mid morning. At least 5000 Pink's on the reserve mid afternoon. Around 50 Whoopers on the Mere (16:30), more roosting. Goldeneye again o
20 October 2012
Don't miss the geese.
It's looking great for the next week weather wise and ideal to catch big numbers of Pink-footed Geese currently spending time on the reserve. Today at least 6000 birds have been 'loafing' around and in among those we have had a Tundra Bean Goose, European
19 October 2012
check us out on the One Show
Did you see the One Show on Wednesday night? There was a fantastic item relating to Scott 100 letters and the legacy built by Sir Peter Scott, to watch again, please click the link below, it is 25mins, 25secs into the programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplaye
19 October 2012