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Today's sightings
Wader Lake AM mid-level tide Black-tailed godwit - 1 Little ringed plover - 1 Redshank - 2 plus 4 chicks Avocets - 10 Lapwing - 4 plus 4 chicks Grey heron - 8 Shelduck - 6 Gadwall - 8 Wigeon - 2 Common tern - 43 Shoveler - 2 Hawthorn Wood feeding s
9 June 2015
Todays Highlights
Little ringed plover chicks - main obs Avocet chicks - Lyle and friends Black-tailed godwits 30+ nelson lyle hide
9 June 2015
Today's sightings
Rushy Pen Avocet 8/9 pairs with at least one brood. Oystercatcher pair + brood of 2 chicks (see below) Shelduck + 2 broods Tufted Duck/Mallards Robbie Garnett Hide Avocet 4 Lapwing 4 Crane 1 GCP Holden Tower Avocet 3 pairs nesting and at least one brood
9 June 2015
Wildlife sightings for 9th June 2015
1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 4 Shoveler - wader scrape, main lake 1 Kingfisher - flew towards main lake from South route 1 Hobby - carpark 200 Swift - site count May bird highlights: Bittern, Wood Sandpiper, Little Egret, Ring-necked Duck, Garga
9 June 2015
Nene goslings hatch at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
Three nene goslings have hatched at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Only about 1,000 Nenes – pronounced ‘nay-nay’ after their call – survive in the wild in their native Hawaii, making these the worlds rarest goslings. The nene goslings usually hat
8 June 2015
Today's Wildlife Sightings
Millennium Wetlands Little Gull, 2 teal, cuckoo, 280 black tailed godwit, 2 lapwing, 9 Mediterranean gull, lesser whitethroat, hairy dragonfly and black tailed skimmer.
8 June 2015
Today's sightings-return of the Green Sandpiper and wader chicks
Holden Tower Avocet 4 pairs nesting-brood of 2 and brood of 3 being walked to TNP Lapwing 43- Dumbles (post breeding flock gathering) Bullfinch pair Top New Piece (TNP) from Zeiss Hide Avocet 10 Oystercatcher 2 Gadwall 6 Shoveler 6 Swift/Swallow and Hous
8 June 2015
Latest sightings
Wader Lake AM mid-level tide Black-headed gull - 98 Avocet - 9 plus 1 chick Redshank - 2 plus 4 chicks Black-tailed godwit - 3 Lapwing - 10 plus 2 chicks Shelduck - 8 plus 20 chicks Gadwall - 8 Wigeon - 2 Common tern - 45 Swift - 2 Hawthorn Wood fe
8 June 2015
Todays Highlights
A fantastic day on the reserve the quail are still singing away along the summer walk also snipe are drumming and chipping by the summer walk too. Lapwing + fledge chicks Redshank + chicks Lady fen Little ringed plover + chicks - main obs Avocets + chicks
8 June 2015
Wildlife sightings for 8th June 2015
2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape, main lake 1 Redshank - marsh 1 Kingfisher - flew over main lake 6 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Shoveler - marsh, scrape May bird highlights: Bittern, Wood Sandpiper, Little Egret, Ring-necked Duck,
8 June 2015
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets Folly Pond Gadwall 2 Oystercatcher 2 Young Mallard and Moorhen Teal Pond Little Grebe 1 Black-headed Gull Moorhen Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet Oystercatcher (on nest) Black-headed Gull 32 (with c
8 June 2015
Little Stint
Still on the breezy side but warm in the sun out of the hides! One or two people about hoping to connect with yesterday's Red-necked Phalarope. Rare that phalaropes heading to the breeding grounds hang around for more than a day and this was no exception.
7 June 2015
Today's highlights
Swan with cygnets by Rob Wisdom Much better conditions today for watching wildlife, the breeze has dropped considerably. Plenty of dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies and bees on the wing today. A pair of mute s
7 June 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Mid/Time - AM Black headed Gull - 142 Common Tern - 67 Avocet - 13 + 2 chicks Redshank - 3+3 chicks Lapwing - 10 + 5 chicks Black tailed Godwit - 3 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Oystercatcher - 4 + 4 chicks Shelduck - 23 + 38 ducklings Wigeo
7 June 2015
Wildlife sightings for 7th June 2015
1 Caspian Gull - main lake, island in front of WWF hide 3 Shoveler - males, marsh and scrape 1 Teal - male, main lake 1 Kestrel - male 2 Little Egret - marsh 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape and marsh 1 Redshank - scrape 1 Whitethroat - singing north bank
7 June 2015