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Todays Sightings
Wader lake/am/Mid Tide Teal - 117 Wigeon - 2 Grey Heron - 4 Black Headed Gull - 36 Herring Gull - 2 Common Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 26 Other Birds Tufted Duck - Reservoir - 14 Gadwall - Reservoir - 2 Coot - Reservoir - 4 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch -
17 October 2012
Wildlife sightings for 17th October 2012
37 Wigeon - main lake and sheltered lagoon 1 Water Rail - flew in front of reeds by Headley hide c. 100 Goldfinch - entrance area 3 Siskin - entrance area 4 Lesser Redpoll - entrance area Recent bird highlights: Gannet, Peregrine, Buzzard, Stonecha
17 October 2012
The cosmetic flamingo
A bright story to enlighten these gloomy autumn evenings that have set in... It seems a bit weird but I am not making this up, scientists working on bird colouration and pigments have found out that greater flamingos (one the commonest species in captivit
16 October 2012
Some counts
A bit of a compilation of sightings from the last few days. Very windy this morning but much calmer now as I type this. Some wetland bird counts included ~ 300 Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, 550 Greylag, 100 Canada Geese, 5000+ Pink-footed Geese, 1000+ Mallard,
16 October 2012
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 14th October have included: 11,950 Brent on the Lough with 1,500 – 2,000 on the Estuary. 12 Whooper swans with 2 young were spotted on the Main Lake. Main Lake – 208 Mallard, 2 Pintail, 36 Tufted Ducks, 1 Pochard, 4 Gadwalls and 3
16 October 2012
Spellbound Festival
For those who are feeling brave, bring your little monsters along for a whole host of Halloween events running from Thursday 25 October to Friday 2 November. There’s something to keep everyone entertained from face painting, haunted tours, a monster mas
16 October 2012
Wildlife sightings for 16th October 2012
1 Crossbill - flew W 7 Redpoll - wildside 4 Siskin - wildside 8 Song Thrush - flew SW 14 Redwing - flew SW+S 6 Chiffchaff - south route, sheltered lagoon 8 Meadow Pipit - flew SW Recent bird highlights: Gannet, Peregrine, Buzzard, Stonechat, Wheatear, Bra
16 October 2012
Today's sightings-Big tide
The view from the Holden Tower this morning, a very high tide! The South lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 410 Lapwing 150 Teal 250 Shoveler 170 Great-crested Grebe 1 Little Grebe 1 The Zeiss Hide Little Stint 1 Dunlin 28 Spotted Redshank
16 October 2012
Todays Sighings
Wader Lake/am/Low Tide Lapwing - 60 Mallard - 20 Grey Heron - 3 Moorhen - 1 Snipe - 11 Black Headed Gull - 11 Redshank - 6 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 4 Other Birds Lesser Black Backed Gull - River Wear - 2 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit
16 October 2012
Local letter writers inspire our future generations
We have had such an inspirational year with the Queen’s Jubilee, the Olympics and the Paralympics inspiring the nation. And now WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centres has launched a campaign called Scott 100. The Scott 100 campaign is to ‘inspire generations
16 October 2012
Flamingo chicks hand-reared at WWT Washington for very first time
A quintet of fluffy flamingo chicks is being hand-reared at WWT Washington Wetland Centre for the very first time. Owen syringe-feeds one of the chicks Aviculture expert Owen Joiner is providing round-the-clock care f
16 October 2012
Geese numbers in decline?
Survey results recently published by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) reveal that the population of pink-footed geese may have dropped by around 100,000 in just the last two years. The majority of the world’s pink-footed geese winter in the UK, h
15 October 2012
Today's sightings +WeBs Totals
A total of 8,496 Wetland Birds counted on the WeBs count. Details here plus some non wetland birds. Mute Swan 107 White-fronted Goose 5 Greylag Goose 384 Barnacle Goose 120 Canada Goose 332 Shelduck 103 Egyptian Goose 1 Mallard 675 Gadwall 54 Pintail 164
15 October 2012
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Grey Heron - 4 Teal - 53 Lapwing - 136 Black Headed Gull - 76 Snipe - 5 Redshank - 7 Moorhen - 7 Coot - 1 SALINE LAGOON Mallard - 2 Black Headed Gull - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD Great Tit - 4 Pheasant - 9 Blue Tit - 8 Coal Tit - 2 Chaffinch -
15 October 2012
Wildlife sightings for 15th October 2012
25 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon and main lake 1 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 5 Snipe - main lake, marsh and scrape 2 Redwing - flew SW 21 Lesser Redpoll - south route Recent bird highlights: Gannet, Peregrine, Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Short-
15 October 2012