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Wildlife Sightings 26/11/15
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - High Grey Heron - 2 River Wear Curlew Black Headed Gull - 40 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch - 5 Great Tit - 4 Blue Tit - 3 Dunnock - 2 Robin - 4 Bullfinch - 3
26 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 26th November 2015
6 Brambling - flew NW 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 10 Meadow Pipit - marsh 1 Mealy Redpoll - south route, then flew to wildside 1 Peregrine - perched on a crane 11 Siskin - wildside 8 Redpoll - 6 flew W and 2 in wildside 1 Jack Snipe - marsh (to the
26 November 2015
Wimble makes a welcome return
Wimble's first appearance of the winter Wimble the whooper swan has arrived at WWT Welney Wetland Centre, having now clocked over 40,000 air miles during her lifetime. She is at least 17 years old and has made the mig
25 November 2015
Wildlife Sightings 25/11/2015
Wader Lake Tide - Low/Time - AM Great Black Backed Gull - 1 Eurasian Teal - 3 Lapwing - 1 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron River Wear Cormorant - 1 Golden Eye - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Jay - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Great Tit - 12 Blue Tit - 10 Coal
25 November 2015
Mid week sightings
Black-tailed Godwit reflected in calm water by Ray Cottrell The Big Pen Greater Scaup 1 female with Tufted Ducks among the captive eiders. The Kingfisher Hide Greenland White-fronted Goose 5 adults Russian White-front
25 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 25th November 2015
1 Buzzard - circling overhead at 1410hrs 1 Goldeneye (female) - sheltered lagoon 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose - main lake 1 Peregrine - main lake island 1 Little Egret - scrape 1 Stonechat - marsh 4 Pintail - marsh 16 Fieldfare - flew over heading NW 9 Sis
25 November 2015
Otters react to new home
Our otters have had their home refurbished. We caught up with keeper John Crooks and the cheeky trio Flo, Minnie and Haha to hear more about the work and to see if they liked the results! The work was carried out to service and improve the water filtratio
24 November 2015
Unveiled today at WWT Martin Mere, the UK’s only giant LEGO® brick wetland animal trail
Today, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) giant LEGO brick animal trail, the only one of its kind in the UK, was launched at Martin Mere Wetland Centre. This is the first time these amazing characters, especially created for WWT, have been seen in
24 November 2015
Tuesdays bird news
Two Bewick's Swan coming into land at Slimbridge taken by James Lees The Tack Piece Greenland White-fronted Goose 5 adults Russian White-fronted Goose 52 Greylag Goose 200 Common Crane 2 Teal 300 The Rushy Bewick's Sw
24 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 24th November 2015
1 Bittern - main lake South shore 4 Pintail - grazing marsh (best viewed from wildside hide) 74 Wigeon - grazing marsh 2 Skylark - flew over heading SW 1 Peregrine - perched on charing cross hospital November bird highlights: Bittern, Scaup, Golden eye,
24 November 2015
Latest Sightings - 24th November
A bit overcast this morning, but the birds are all here. Drake Green-winged Teal still on the Folly Pond, and the drake Ring-necked Duck is on the Whooper Pond having been on the Back Pond first thing. Also on the Whooper Pond is the Greater Scaup. Keep a
24 November 2015
Greenland White-front
A Greenland White-fronted Goose which spent a short while on top mere was the standout bird of the day, following on from the European White-fronted Goose that was present and photographed at the weekend. Greenland White-f
23 November 2015
Today's sightings-Chilly!
Another overnight frost froze shallow waters and has caused the waders to move onto the estuary. It should thaw fairly rapidly during this morning. The cold snap has increased numbers of Bewick's Swans (49 at the Rushy Pen roost) this morning. Tack Piece
23 November 2015
Recent sightings - 23th November
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at high tide. Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +250, Tufted duck 24, Coot 3, Gadwall 8, Mute swan 1 juv. Wadermarsh - visible from Brent Hide
23 November 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Tide Level High Herring Gull - 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Lapwing - 6 Black-headed Gull - 10 Teal - 10 Tufted Duck - 1 Saline Lagoon Tide Level Mid Canada Geese - 1 Other Birds Black-headed Gull - River Wear -20 Redshank - R
23 November 2015