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Latest Sightings
A little more overcast today making viewing over the reserve easier. More signs of breeding activity with at least 17 Avocet chick out on Woodend Marsh with more birds sitting around the reserve. Other waders; c.100 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Little Ringed Pl
30 May 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Pintail Wigeon Tufted duck Red-necked phalarope Cormorant Coot Moorhen Crane Great egret Black-tailed godwit Greenshank Redshank Avocet Little-ringed plover Lapwing Common tern Black-headed gull Sta
30 May 2018
Latest Sightings - Wednesday 30th May - chicks hatching!
It's all about the chicks today. The Mute Swans on the Flood Ground and Teal Pond have hatched cygnets. Four have hatched on the Flood Ground and we are just waiting to get a full count from the Teal Pond pair. The Oystercatchers on the Folly Pond raft ha
30 May 2018
Wildlife sightings for 30th May 2018
3 Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Redshank - main lake 1 Whitethroat - reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 3 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 3 Shoveler - wader scrape, grazing marsh 30+ Swift - entrance area, m
30 May 2018
Recent Sightings (26th-29th May)
Millennium Wetlands A Spotted Flycatcher was seen this weekend on the reserve. Other summer visitors include 10 Whitethroat, 5 Swallow, 12 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 4 Sedge Warbler and 2 Lesser Whitethroat. There has also been 5 Reed Bunting and 6 Cetti's
29 May 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Teal Tufted duck Cormorant Coot Moorhen Cranes Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Redshank Avocet Common sandpiper Lapwing Common tern Black-headed gull Swift House martin Swallow Sta
29 May 2018
Wildlife sightings - 29/05/18
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Grey heron8 + 9 chicks Avocet 26 + 2 chicks Black-tailed godwit 10 Little-ringed plover 1 Common tern 110+ Oystercatcher 2 Kestrel 1 Shelduck 35 + 8 chicks Lapwing 5 Gadwall 13 Saline Lagoon Lapwing 1 Shelduck 1 Hawthorn Wo
29 May 2018
WWT response to LAG update report
The extent and cost of wildlife being poisoned by spent lead ammunition is higher than previously thought, according to figures in a new report by an expert advisory panel. Ducks, geese and swans are the main victims. They gobble up some of the 5,000 t
29 May 2018
Wildlife sightings for 29th May 2018
1 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 4+ Lapwing chicks - grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 4 Shoveler - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Little Grebe - main lake April/May bird highlights: Temminck’s Stin
29 May 2018
Greenshank and Ruff
Highlight of the day so far is a breeding plumaged Greenshank that flew in early morning and spent the day feeding around the edge of the Mere, often alongside the breeding plumaged Male Ruff that is still present. Breed p
28 May 2018
Bank holiday sightings
Middle Point/Severn Estuary Red-necked Phalarope on the mud S of the point on the ebb tide, no reports so far today of the Gull-billed Tern but it did appear here yesterday before flying inland and to the north. Waders today include a few Sanderling, Rin
28 May 2018
Today's Sightings
Teal Wigeon Mallard Coot Moorhen Black-headed gull Common tern Whooper swan Mute swan Tufted duck Pintail Little ringed plover Lapwing Swallow House martin Sparrowhawk Redshank Heron Cormorant Reed bunting Tree sparrow Goldfinch Song thrush Snipe Oysterca
28 May 2018
Recent Sightings €“ 28th May 2018
The following sightings were recorded today at low-tide from the reserve at Castle Espie. That time of the year has come! The Black-headed gull chicks are beginning to hatch! Keep an eye out on the Freshwater Lagoon peninsula to catch glimpses of the fluf
28 May 2018
Wildlife sightings - 28/05/18
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Pochard (flew east) 1 Avocet 23 Little ringed plover 2 Lapwing 5 Kestrel 1 Redshank 2 Black-tailed godwit 10 Shoveler 6 Common tern 139+ Gadwall 15 Shelduck 22 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Lapwing 1 Other birds Whitethroat - 1
28 May 2018
Wildlife sightings for 28th May 2018
3 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon 5 Lapwing chicks - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Shoveler - wader scrape, grazing marsh April/May bird highlights: Temminck’s Stint, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Comm
28 May 2018