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Today's Sightings
Yellow Wagtail Tree Sparrow House Sparrow Avocet Lapwing Swallow House Martin Whooper Swan Mute Swan Little Ringed Plover Mallard Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Oystercatcher Stock Dove Pied Wagtail Reed Warbler Sedge Warbler Cetti's Warbler Greylag Gee
23 July 2017
Wildlife sightings for 23rd July 2017
2 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Common Tern - wader scrape Brood of 10 Gadwall - main lake Brood of 3 Pochard - wader scrape Brood of 2 Little Grebe - wader scrape 1 Lapwing juvenile - wader scrape 11 Teal - main lake, wader scrape 3 Shoveler - main lak
23 July 2017
sightings Sunday 23/07/17
a.m. low tide Wader lake Avocet 12 Little ringed plover Grey heron 10 Common tern 110+ Stock dove Redshank 6 Shelduck 9 Lapwing 65 Saline lagoon Common tern 4 Lapwing 6 Grey heron Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker (1 juvenile) Chiff chaff (1 juvenile
23 July 2017
Latest Sightings - 22nd July - Barn Owls nesting!
News just in! Barn Owls have nested near the Visitor Centre for the first time since 2013. They appear to have fledged 2 chicks from the triangular nest box near the Peter Scott Observatory where we had Tawny Owls nest last year! Unfortunately unlike the
22 July 2017
Today's sightings
South Lake Hides A tightly packed flock of mixed waders were on the far shoreline of the wader scrape comprising 145 Black-tailed Godwits, 100 Lapwing, 41 Redshank and 7 Ruff. A total of 7 Oystercatchers were spread across the area. . Zeiss Hide After t
22 July 2017
Todays sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Mallard Crane (x7) Moorhen Redshank Oystercatcher Common sandpiper (x2) Green sandpiper (x3) Little ringed plover (+3 juv's) Avocet Lapwing Black-headed gull Lesser black-backed gull Kingfisher Tree sparrow House sparr
22 July 2017
Wildlife sightings for 22nd July 2017
1 Kingfisher - wader scrape 1 Whimbrel - main lake 1 Common Tern - main lake 1 Little Egret - main lake 1 Whitethroat - singing on wader scrape bank 1 Brood of 10 Gadwall - main lake 1 Brood of 3 Pochard - wader scrape 2 House Martin - main lake 2 Peregri
22 July 2017
Wader action to come..
With wader migration picking up the next few weeks should be interesting particularly if we get some weather fronts moving through. Currently we have a good selection on the reserve over the past two days which includes 150+ Black-tailed Godwit, 200+ Lapw
21 July 2017
Today's Highlights
Cuckoo juvenile Sparrowhawk Goldfinch Tree sparrow + juvs Moorhen + chicks Mallard Swallow House martin Grasshopper warbler-Reedbed hide Reed warbler Sedge warbler Reed bunting Whooper swan juvs x 2 Marsh harrier Kestrel Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail Meadow
21 July 2017
Get your summer off to a wild start with Dusty's Wildlife Rangers!
This summer bring your kids to WWT London Wetland Centre so they can enjoy the excitement of becoming a Wildlife Ranger! Children of all ages can join Dusty Duck, pick up their very own log book and collect stickers for each exciting activity they comple
21 July 2017
Kids make a colourful splash at inspirational new wetland garden
An award-winning sustainable water garden designed to inspire and educate has opened at WWT Washington Wetland Centre. Part raingarden and part outdoor classroom; our colourful new ‘Working Wetland garden and Waterlab’ demonstrates how you can better
21 July 2017
Project Godwit birds are exploring the UK
Black-tailed godwit project bird at WWT Steart Marshes by J Cockram This week we have heard about several reports of Project Godwit birds being spotted at nature reserves around the UK - which is extremely exc
21 July 2017
Recent Sightings
Sedge Warbler cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Blackcap 1 Black-headed Gull Black-tailed Godwit 1 Chiffchaff 8 Coot 4 Gadwall 16 Goldfinch c.40 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Green Woodpecker 4 Grey Heron 2 Jay 1 Little Egret 18 Little Grebe 6 Long
21 July 2017
Wildlife sightings - 21/07/2017
AM, low tide Wader Lake: Dunlin 1 Avocet 4 Grey heron 12 Redshank 17 Common tern 100 Black-headed gull 12 Lapwing 35 Shoveler 1 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted woodpecker 1 Greenfinch 2 Chaffinch 4 Blue tit 6 Great tit 8 Robin 2 Jay 1
21 July 2017
Wildlife sightings for 21st July 2017
3 Little Egret - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 2 Common Tern - main lake 10 Gadwall juveniles - main lake 4 Teal - main lake, wader scrape 4 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon, wildside 40 Swift - site count June bird highlights: Oystercatcher,
21 July 2017