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Wildlife sightings for 15th November 2015
1 Buzzard - flew W battling against the wind, then mobbed by crows 2 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh, right hand side of the main channel 1 Stonechat - female, perched on marsh fox fence November bird highlights: Bittern, Scaup, Red-crested Pochard, Pin
15 November 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Tide Level - High/Time - AM Teal - 3 Grey Heron - 3 Black Headed Gull - 12 Hawthorn Wood Coal Tit - 1 Blue Tit - 3 Bullfinch - 2 Blackcap - 2
15 November 2015
Call for Artists: Nature through Art 2016
Greenshank by Adele Pound Nature through Art Exhibition 2016 - Artists' Call The Castle Espie Gallery at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre is a well respected exhibition space for a variety of high quality artist
15 November 2015
Merlin and More Bewicks
Northern Pintail at Slimbridge taken by James Lees Rushy At least 4 new Bewicks this morning so 15 on site in total. Pintail 60 Pochard 80 Grey Wagtail Black tailed Godwit 4 Tack Piece (Martin Smith and Robbie Garnett
14 November 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Low Grey Wagtail - 1 Pied Wagtail - 1 Eurasian Teal - 20 Lapwing - 1 Shoveler - 2 Saline Lagoon Eurasian Teal - 7 Curlew - 1 Jay - 1 Other Birds Mistle Thrush - Compost Toilet - 1 Grey Heron - River Wear - 1 Cormorant - River W
14 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 14th November 2015
1 Bittern - spotted flying from main lake North shore into reedbed 1 Pintail - wader scrape 59 Wigeon - wader scrape, grazing marsh 12 Redwing - flew over heading South 4 Siskin - beside explore playground October bird highlights: Bittern, Little Egret,
14 November 2015
Latest Sightings - 14th November - Tree Sparrows, Yellowhammers and an Otter!
The colder weather yesterday and today has done it's job and brought in the first Yellowhammers of the winter. A small flock of 5 in the hedge running down to the Peter Scott Observatory. A fantastic flock of 13 Tree Sparrows has joined them this morning,
14 November 2015
Today's sightings
White-fronted Geese taken by James Lees The Rushy Bewick’s Swan 11 Pochard 80 The Decoy Chiffchaff 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker 1 The Tack Piece Golden Plover 700 Lapwing 400 Curlew 150 Wigeon 400 Teal 500 The Holden
13 November 2015
Bird Watching Festival
Iolo Williams, Andy Rouse and Mark Avery are some of the celebrity guest speakers visiting WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre for the North West Bird Watching Festival on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 November. Whether you’re a group of photographers, birdwat
13 November 2015
In the company of wildlife
In the company of wildlife is the title of the latest exhibition at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre throughout November. The exhibition, by multi-award winning photographer Ron McCombe, features wildlife photographs from his travels to the Highlands, Swede
13 November 2015
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Low Tide Cormorant (fly over) 1 Shoveler (drake) 1 Tufted duck (male) 1 Eurasian Teal 12 Mallard 40 Black Headed Gull 3 Saline Lagoon Carrion Crow 2 Curlew (calling) Other Birds Jay (Wader lake footpath) 1 Song Thrush (
13 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 13th November 2015
85 Shoveler - main lake, wader scrape 9 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 51 Lapwing - main lake 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 2 Meadow Pipit - flew over heading West 2 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - over river October bird highlights: Bittern, Little E
13 November 2015
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Mallard 63 Gadwall 35 Tufted Duck 34 Teal 19 Shoveler 6 Pochard 3 Pintail 2 Mute Swan 8 Little Grebe 1 Coot 14 Moorhen 4 Water Rail 3 Snipe 6 Cormorant 8 Grey Heron 1 Herring Gull 9 Lesser Black-Backed Gull 1 Goldfinch 40 Siskin 8 Nuthatch 1 Jay 1 Sparro
13 November 2015
Latest Sightings - 13th November - big tide at 1pm
The BBC are off site now and things are returning to normal. If you would like a free pumpkin from the Autumnwatch set, pick one up from the main entrance! The tracks are very wet at the moment, so if you are coming down, please be prepared and wellies wo
13 November 2015
The strange adventures of Leho!
Ever since Leho was caught and fitted with a transmitter in Norfolk last winter, we have been carefully following his long journeys to and from the Russian arctic. Up until now, his autumn migration had taken him on a rather typical route through the Balt
12 November 2015