News
Hen Harrier again
Regular readers of the sightings page will know the best time to go birding at Martin Mere is before, during and after a rain front passes over the reserve. This piece of advice is true of most birding sites but really pays dividends during spring and a
19 February 2015
40th Anniversary Fact Of The Day: Ten Days To Go
Its only ten days to go until the 40th Anniversary of WWT Martin Mere. Today's fun fact of the day is: Black winged stilts arrived at WWT Martin Mere in June 2006 and nested. Previously they were last seen in Lancashire in 1928.
19 February 2015
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide 2 goldeneye, 433 lapwing, 74 black tailed godwit, 17 curlew, 97 wigeon, 23 tufted duck, 22 teal, 12 gadwall and 2 buzzard.
19 February 2015
Volunteers celebrate WWT Steart Marshes’ first anniversary ahead of big tides
Local volunteers celebrated their first year of work at WWT Steart Marshes coastal flood defence and nature reserve this week, just ahead of the weekend’s big tides. The volunteer team celebrated with tea and cake. The m
19 February 2015
Today's sightings-very high tides/tide times and info
Tides Over the next few days we have some very high tides forecast with three over 10 metres at Sharpness. The salt pasture and saltmarsh area know as the Dumbles should flood on Friday 20 (0851hrs), Saturday 21 (0934hrs) and Sunday 22 February (1015hrs)
19 February 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 2000 around the reserve today, best viewed from the Farmhouse Tower Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 10 Mute Swan 40 Mallard 100 Tufted Duck 20 Wigeon 110 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 250 Wigeon 200 Shoveler 10 Pintail 4 Shelduck
19 February 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Lapwing - 61 Heron - 25 Call Duck - 1 Mallard - 20 Tufted Duck - 47 Moorhen - 3 Canada Goose - 10 Greylag Goose - 1 Shelduck - 16 Mute Swan - 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 1 Mallard - 7 Heron - 1 Hawtho
19 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 19th February 2015
1 Bittern - opposite Headley hide 3 Pintail - main lake 1 Redshank - scrape 13 Snipe - marsh, main lake 44 Cormorant - main lake 1 Little Egret - main lake Additional sighting from yesterday: 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon January/February
19 February 2015
40th Anniversary Fact Of The Day: Eleven Days To Go
Its eleven days until the 40th Anniversary of WWT Martin Mere. Today's fun fact of the day is: In one year WWT Martin Mere had forty seven thousand school children visiting the Centre in the 80s.
18 February 2015
Spring migration underway!
The first Bewick’s swans have embarked on spring migration back to their arctic Russian breeding grounds. The lengthening days have signalled the start of the migratory period for the swans and the prevailing westerly winds have provided the final nudge
18 February 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Heron - 25 (21 in heronry) Lapwing - 6 Shelduck - 10 Tufted Duck - 30 Canada Goose - 8 Greylag Goose - 2 Stock Dove - 2 Coot - 2 SALINE LAGOON Redshank - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 3
18 February 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Ferruginous Duck female was on the pool immediately E of the tower. It often hides in the reeds or under the willows. It was reported here yesterday and has probably been visiting this pond from before the weekend. This is where the Ferrugin
18 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 18th February 2015
1 Bittern - SE corner of main lake, seen from WWF hide 1 Shelduck - main lake 3 Pintail - main lake 9 Mandarin - world wetlands 1 Redshank - scrape 9 Snipe - marsh 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - marsh fox fence January/February bird
18 February 2015
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 5 goldeneye, 4 spotted redshank, 4 greenshank, 4 grey plover, 253 black-tailed godwit, 46 dunlin, 8 redshank, 8 snipe, 4 great crested grebe, 190 wigeon and kestrel.
17 February 2015
Latest Sightings
A clear and sunny day although the wind did have a nip in it. Yesterday's Avocet or at least 2 of them were present joined by 4 Ringed Plover. Plenty of close views of Ruff to be had, some hinting at a change to breeding plumage. The Lapwings were positiv
17 February 2015