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Latest Sightings - 16th September
Still a slight northerly wind for the next few days which could aide migrants heading down from the Arctic. We are still waiting for Whooper Swans to arrive and join the one that over-summered, 3 arrived in late September last year but it wasn't until t
16 September 2017
More Curlew Sandpiper
Zeiss Hide Teal 293 Wigeon 39 Curlew Sandpiper 3 juvs Wood Sandpiper 1 juv Green Sandpiper 1 Redshank 6 Black Tailed Godwit 6 Snipe 1 Rushy Snipe 1 Redshank 1 Ruff 2 Black Tailed Godwit 2 Gadwall 36 Wigeon 2 Wigeon hybrid 1 Coot 42 Little Grebe 2 Grey Wa
16 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 16th September 2017
2 Snipe - wader scrape 2 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Hobby - entrance area 1 Peregrine - perched on charing cross hospital August bird highlights: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Knot,
16 September 2017
Recent Sightings (13th- 15th Sep)
British Steel Hide Black-tailed Godwit numbers have remained consistently high over the past few days, with counts of 1142 and 1195 on the 13th and 15th respectively. A Bar-tailed Godwit has also been a regular fixture in amongst the Godwit flock, althou
15 September 2017
Tracking the arrivals
More Pink-footed Geese have arrived/are arriving with 5500+ counted early afternoon. If you want to track some of the Pink-footed Geese, WWT Monitoring have set up a site which updates the satellite telemetry on a number of goose species. Click on this li
15 September 2017
Tracking geese
Goose migration is well underway and we currently have 2000 Pink-footed Geese roosting on our reserve. Over the next few weeks (weather permitting) the numbers will rise up to a staggering 40,000 becoming one of the best wildlife spectacles in the UK. Las
15 September 2017
Today's highlights
Marsh harrier x 2 Sparrowhawk Kestrel Tree sparrows x 14 Goldfinch Moorhen Mallard Shoveler Teal Gadwall Wigeon Snipe Cetti's warbler White wagtail Swallow House martin Green woodpecker Stock dove Grey heron Little egret Lapwing Bewick's swan Whooper swan
15 September 2017
Latest Sightings - 15th September - Autumnal feel to the day
More Autumn migrants are arriving on the reserve. There are Pink-footed Geese dropping in every day, with small flocks coming high from the north to land on the merse and mud of the Solway. Keep an eye and an ear out for them! These northerly winds could
15 September 2017
Curlew Sandpiper and today's Sightings
Weather still and cloudy with an intermittent northerly breeze. Less small passerines about today than there has been for the past couple of weeks, but the water bird numbers are steadily growing as the weather becomes more autumnal. The Rushy 2 Black Ta
15 September 2017
Goose Events
Over the next couple of weeks there will soon be the familiar sound of geese passing overhead – yes Autumn has officially begun, and WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre will soon be expecting the arrival of up to 30,000 Pink-footed geese after their journey
15 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 15th September 2017
2 Black Swan - main lake 1 Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 1 Wheatear - wader scrape 1 Little Egret - wader scrape 30 House Martin - main lake, grazing marsh 2 Swallow - main lake 2 Grey Wagtail - grazing marsh 1 Kestrel - grazing marsh 6 Yellow Wagtail -
15 September 2017
Celebrity Dusty Duck Trail arrives at WWT Welney
Celebrity Dusty Duck Trail This week the Celebrity Dusty Duck Trail has arrived at WWT Welney, ready for visitors to enjoy from Sat 16 September until Sun 29 October. World famous Aardman studios designed Dusty Duck t
14 September 2017
Westerly wind bring seabirds inland
Manx shearwater rescue This morning a local resident brought a grounded Manx shearwater into the centre. With the high winds we've seen across the UK this week, several hundred shearwaters have been blown off course
14 September 2017
Pink-footed Arrivals
Newly arrived Pink-footed Geese coming in from high. Conditions following Storm Aileen looked good for bringing in Pink-footed Geese and in they came. At the time of writing around 1800 birds had come in. The next cou
14 September 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide Spotted Redshank, 3 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 3 Wigeon and 2 Grey Wagtail among the highlights. A juvenile Wood Sandpiper (pic below) dropped in here for a time but was seen on the other scrapes too. Robbie Gar
14 September 2017