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Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Gadwall 186 Mallard 40 Tufted Duck 31 Shoveler 11 Teal 22 Pochard 3 Shelduck 3 Moorhen 20 Coot 23 Water Rail 2 Little Grebe 6 Mute Swan 12 Snipe 11 Redshank 1 Cormorant 11 Grey Heron 3 Kingfisher 1 Herring Gull 11 Black-Headed Gull 1 Lesser Black-Backed
23 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 23rd November 2015
1 Bittern - a.m. main lake south shore (in the Pond Sedge beds). Still present in the same stretch of Sedge at 1640hrs 3 Skylark - flew NW 3 Fieldfare - flew SW 9 Siskin - south route and 5 flew SW, 2 flew N 2 Chiffchaff - south route and sheltered lagoo
23 November 2015
Todays Highlights
Great white egret - Lady Fen then seen at Nelson Lyle hide @ 13:00 Lapwing Golden Plover Black-tailed godwits Snipe Redshank Curlew Shoveler Wigeon 4000+ Pintail 40+ Mallard Pochard Tufted duck Gadwall Coot Moorhen Water rail - calling by Allport hide R
22 November 2015
Today's sightings- Visitors from Greenland
Tack Piece Five newly arrived Greenland White-fronted Geese were grazing in the field with 250 Greylag and 38 European White-fronted Geese. Up to 9 Cranes GCP were present early morning before heading out to other parts of the reserve. The ice coverage m
22 November 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - High Teal - 21 Redshank - 2 Black Headed Gull - 20 Herring Gull - 2 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 6 Lapwing - 3 Shoveler - 1 Shelduck - 1 Window on the Wear Teal - 2 Redshank - 2 Hawthorn Wood Coal Tit - 2 Robin - 3 Great Tit - 5
22 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 22nd November 2015
5 Whooper Swan (2 adults, 2 juvs) - main lake, then flew NW 68 Wigeon - marsh 3 Pintail (male) - marsh 70 Teal - marsh 2 Brambling - flew W 4 Redpoll - south route 9 Siskin - south route 1 Chiffchaff - south route 17 Redwing - flew W 1 Stonechat - marsh
22 November 2015
Cattle Egret & Bittern!!
The change of weather and an influx of birders for the Birdfair brought a flurry of new sightings, at 08.10 Brian Wooley saw a Cattle Egret drop onto the edge of the Mere, it was seen by a few people before disappearing but was seen around lunchtime in fl
21 November 2015
Scaup & more Swans
Dunlnin at Slimbridge taken by James Lees The Big Pen GREATER SCAUP 1 Frist winter with the Tufted Ducks Tufted Duck 150 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 21 Ferruginous x Pochard 1 male Pochard 120 Pintail 70 Pintail x red-cre
21 November 2015
Today's Highlights
Great white egret- main observatory Marsh harriers Peregrine 600 Black-tailed godwit 100 Pochard 40 Pintail Tree sparrow
21 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 21st November 2015
1 Goldeneye - main lake 60 Wigeon - grazing marsh 1 Pintail - main lake 4 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh November bird highlights: Bittern, Scaup, Red-crested Pochard, Pintail, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Jack Snipe, Short-ear
21 November 2015
Latest Sightings - 21st November - New arrivals, Ring-necked Duck!
A fantastic sunny and cold morning with puddles frozen over. Yesterday saw the arrival of a second American duck on the reserve. To go with the regular Green-winged Teal, we now have a drake Ring-necked Duck amongst the Tufted Ducks on the Whooper Pond.
21 November 2015
Today's Highlights
Great white egret- Reedbed Hide Bittern-Main Observatory Snipe Pintail Crane - 3 flew over Reedbed end Avocet - 1 Main Lagoon
20 November 2015
Recent Sightings, British Steel Hide
Autumn Sunset, Cr. Brian Briggs British Steel Hide Little Egret 5 Wigeon 25 Greenshank 1 Dunlin 1 Curlew 5 Snipe 43 Lapwing 51 Redshank 11 Mute Swan 2 Herring Gull 2 Black-Headed Gull 290 Spotted Redshank 2 Lesser Bla
20 November 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - High Shelduck - 3 Lapwing - 8 Eurasian Teal - 15 Tufted Duck - 1 Saline Lagoon Eurasian Teal - 4 River Wear Cormorant - 2 Grey Heron - 1 Curlew - 1 Redshank - 1 Other Birds Jay - Near corn hut - 1 Kingfisher - Filter reed beds
20 November 2015
Recent sightings - 20th November
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, while the tide was growing. Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Mallard +200, Tufted duck 12, Coot 1, Great cormorant 2, Gadwall 2. Wadermarsh - visible fro
20 November 2015