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Explosion of Avocet Chicks
Road Fields Crane 2 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 12 Gadwall 6 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Lapwing 12 Oystercatcher 2 Heron 1 Cuckoo 1 Reed Warbler 4 Reed Bunting 2 The Holden Tower Avocet broods of 3,2,2,1 plus 3 still incubating Sparrowhawk 1 male successfully rebuf
7 June 2015
Today's Highlights
37 Black-tailed godwit Little-ringed plover Marsh harrier Buzzard Common tern Avocet Cuckoo Quail singing on summer walk at 5pm
6 June 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Mid/Time - AM Avocet - 12 + 2 chicks Redshank - 3 + 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 4+4 chicks Lapwing - 10+4 chicks Black tailed Godwit - 1 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Wigeon - 2 Shoveler - 5 Gadwall - 16 Shelduck - 23 + 11 ducklings Common Tern
6 June 2015
Red-necked Phalarope
A cracking female Red-necked Phalarope found on Vinson's Marsh by Gordon Taylor (who now has all the world's phalaropes on his 'self-found list!). Present 16:00 pm at least. Red-necked Phalarope on Vinson's Marsh The
6 June 2015
Wildlife sightings for 6th June 2015
1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 40 Swift - over reserve and river 1 Peregrine - over reserve 30+ Black-Headed Gull chicks - main lake, reservoir lagoon Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Mediterranean Gull - over main lake May bird highlights:
6 June 2015
Saturday's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 8 Shelduck 45 Gadwall 20 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Lapwing 20 Little Egret 1 The Holden Tower Avocet 22 Lapwing pair with young Oystercatcher 2 Skylark 10 The Tack Piece Crane 3 Avocet 5 The Rushy Avocet 17 Oystercatcher with young Th
6 June 2015
Latest Sightings
High Tide 15:39 8.9m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 - with 5 cygnets (often on the Back Pond) Mallard 18 - moulting Tufted Duck 2 Folly Pond Mallard 9 - 6 ducklings Shelduck 4 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 3 Moorhen 2 - with 2 chicks Corner Field Oystercatcher
6 June 2015
Todays highlights
A slightly rainy start but the muggy weather brought a lot of birds closer than they normally would catching the low flying insects. Lots of swifts, swallows and house martins taking advantage of the abundance of insects. Over 30 black-tailed godwits
5 June 2015
Welcome to the world Little Squeak
Little Squeak gets a health check Meet the latest furry addition to the WWT Washington Wetland Centre family - an Asian short-clawed otter cub! Little Squeak – as the female cub has been affectionately nicknamed bec
5 June 2015
40th Anniversary Photograph Competition Winners Announced
WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has revealed the winners of the 40th Anniversary Photograph competition, with each winner being awarded state of the art camera equipment courtesy of London Camera Exchange. The photography competition was launched at WWT Ma
5 June 2015
Latest Sightings
A little taste of warmer weather and still some waders moving through. Yesterday 9 Sanderling briefly touched down on the reserve beating the previous highest count of 7 birds from May 1986! A female Gadwall had 8 ducklings in tow in front of the Harrier
5 June 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 12 & 2 chicks Redshank - 4 & 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 & 4 chicks Lapwing - 8 & 6 chicks Little Ringed Plover - 1 Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Mute Swan - 2 Wigeon - 2 Shoveler - 5 Gadwall
5 June 2015
WWT Llanelli shortlisted for prestigious tourism award
View of one of the lakes at Llanelli Wetland Centre WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre has been shortlisted for the Best Tourist Attraction Award in Carmarthenshire in the Swansea Bay Awards 2015, beating off competition fro
5 June 2015
Baby boom in Flamingo Lagoon!
There are currently several grey fluffy bundles wandering around the nesting areas in Flamingo Lagoon, and many more either hatching or about to hatch under protective parents. The nesting colony of greater flamingos is quite obliging in that some of them
5 June 2015
Wildlife sightings for 5th June 2015
5 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Redshank - grazing marsh 6 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon, wildside 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 1 Whitethroat - entrance lake 1 Hobby - flew over
5 June 2015