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Friday's bird news
Greylag Goose drinking with reflection at Slimbridge taken by James Lees The Zeiss Hide Water Pipit 1 Water Rail 1 Grey Heron 1 Teal 700 Shoveler 40 Pintail 60 Wigeon 300 Buzzard 3 The South Finger Ruff 5 Redshank 10
20 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 20th November 2015
1 Pintail - female on the main lake 1 Little Egret - main lake 2 Fieldfare - flew over heading South West 5 Siskin - South route feeders November bird highlights: Bittern, Scaup, Red-crested Pochard, Pintail, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Jack Snipe, Short-eare
20 November 2015
Latest Sightings - 20th November - a cold morning!
Finally, some cold, clear weather. A lovely morning on the reserve, more like winter weather for us. More Whooper Swans are in now, thanks to the colder weather, 62 on the Whooper Pond this morning; and maybe more to come over the next few days. An unusua
20 November 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - PM/Tide - High Whooper Swan - 2 Wigeon - 2 Shoveler Shelduck Other Birds Kestrel - Flew over site Goosander - River Wear
19 November 2015
Todays Highlights
Marsh harrier Barn owl Sparrowhawk Long tailed tits Wigeon 4000+ Teal 1000+ Shoveler Pintail 40
19 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 19th November 2015
355 Black-Headed Gull - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 6 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 5 Redwing - flew over heading West 3 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside Additional sightings from yesterday: 4 Jack Snipe
19 November 2015
Latest Sightings - 19th November - wet wet wet
Highlights at the moment are a male Hen Harrier around the reserve most days, also a Short-eared Owl has been hunting over the merse from the Avenue Tower the past few weeks. A Water Rail has now been seen most days in the Peter Scott Trail. The tracks ar
19 November 2015
soggy sightings
Flock of mixed plovers flying at Slimbridge by James Lees The Holden Tower Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Little Stint 3 Dunlin 550 Golden Plover 1000 Lapwing 400 Redshank 10 Curlew 80 Wigeon 700 Teal 300 Shelduck 50 Canada
19 November 2015
Whooper Swans
With the continuing mild (for the time of year) weather, the Swan count has remained low at just 750 birds, a sudden cold spell could change all this fairly quickly though. The numbers of Whooper Swans are low due to mild
18 November 2015
Todays Highlights
Great white egret - Lady Fen Tree sparrow on the bird feeders Barn owl Marsh harrier
18 November 2015
Mid week sightings
Small flock of Eurasian Wigeon by David White The Rushy Bewick's swan 12 The Martin Smith Hide Curlew 55Black-tailed Godwit 50 Teal 250 Wigeon 500 The Holden Tower Stonechat 1 Chiffchaff 2 Raven 1 Lapwing 1000 Golden
18 November 2015
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE / AM / HIGH TIDE Curlew - 24 Teal - 68 Black-headed Gull - 30 Grey Heron - 1 Shoveler - 2 Shelduck - 2 SALINE LAGOON AM HIGH TIDE Grey Heron - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD - AM Chaffinch - 5 Great Tit - 10 Blue Tit - 3 Robin - 1 Willow Tit - 2
18 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 18th November 2015
4 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Meadow Pipit - flew onto the grazing marsh from the East 4 Siskin - South route 1 Kestrel - hunting in front of headley hide 1 Peregrine - hunting over wader scrape November bird highlights: Bittern, Scaup, Red-crested Pocha
18 November 2015
Work begins on Lagoon View Hide
Now here’s a word you don’t use every day: hexadecagon. The design for the Lagoon View Hide, which will be a hexadecagon shape with 16 sides It sounds a bit like an ungainly Transformer and would probably get you
17 November 2015
Dawn Swan Count
This morning Louise, Josh and a band of excited volunteers were on site before dawn to count the swans before they leave the washes for the day, go out into the fields and feed on sugar beet tops and mouldy potatoes. Total swans at WWT Welney Whooper swan
17 November 2015