News
Today's sightings-1000's of wintering birds
Holden Tower/Tack Piece Lots of movement between the above areas. Peregrine 2 Buzzard 2 Merlin 1 hunting Meadow Pipits Little Stint 3 Black-tailed Godwit 50 on Tack Piece (few moulting into breeding plumage) Curlew 40 on the Tack Piece Redshank 1 Lapwing
15 February 2015
Sunny Sunday
A beautiful day on site, with our first Oyster catcher being seen from the Sand Martin Hide this afternoon. A Red Kite this morning was spotted low over the reserve and Buzzards all day catching the thermals above the hanger. Also spotted around the reser
15 February 2015
40th Anniversary Fact Of The Day: Two Weeks To Go
Its only two weeks until we hit the big 4 0. To celebrate this we will posting a interesting fact or picture onto the 40th Anniversary diary and Facebook every day until the big day on the 1st March. To start us off. WWT Martin Mere has the larges
15 February 2015
Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Heron - 29 Lapwing- 25 Redshank - 10 Curlew - 8 Oystercatcher - 4 Tufted Duck - 10 Shelduck - 23 Black-headed Gull - 20 Mute Swan - 1 Canada Goose - 8 Greylag Goose - 1 Coot - 4 Wader Lake Path Jay - 1
15 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 15th February 2015
4 Bittern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Shelduck - main lake 3 Pintail - grazing marsh main channel 2 Stonechat - pair, marsh 1 Reed Bunting - male, marsh Also: 4 Common Lizard - basking on bridges in wildside 1 Hedgehog - rain garden Janu
15 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 15th February 2015
1 Shelduck - main lake 3 Pintail - grazing marsh main channel 2 Stonechat - pair, marsh 1 Reed Bunting - male, marsh Also: 1 Hedgehog - rain garden January/February bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Little Egret, Goosander, Peregrine, Phea
15 February 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Heron - 28 Lapwing - 57 Tufted Duck - 23 Wigeon - 4 Canada Goose - 14 Black Headed Gull - 23 Shelduck - 28 Oystercatcher - 2 Redshank - 16 Saline Lagoon Canada Goose - 3 Shelduck - 2 Other Birds River Wear: Mute Swan - 2 Go
14 February 2015
More rain more birds
A little rain over the past 48 hours has really freshened up the reserve causing big increases in both Waders and Ducks Holden Tower Just great birding from here. Barnacle Wigeon 260 Pochard 12 Tufted Duck 115 (Long Ground Pool) Lapwing 1300 Golden Plover
14 February 2015
Today's sightings
Bewick's by Richard Dunn This morning we had an early start with our penultimate swans awake event. Walking up to the Lyle and Friends hides gave the best views of the whooper and Bewick's swans waking up and flying
14 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 14th February 2014
1 Bittern - main lake S corner, close to the Dulverton Hide 2 Stonechat - marsh 1 Peregrine - perched Charing Cross Hospital 4 Redwing - wildside 6 Snipe - marsh 3 Pintail January/February bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Little Egret, Goosander
14 February 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 6,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 122 High Tide 07:27 7.4m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 122 Mute Swan 30 Mallard 133 Tufted Duck 28 Wigeon 91 Gadwall 1 ♂ Teal 5 Greylag Geese 2 Canada Geese 8 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Green
14 February 2015
Todays Wildlife sightings
Birds of the moment are definitely the Firecrest and Treecreeper. Both of these birds are being seen on a regular basis in variety of places. The treecreepers are as you would expect around the wooded eastern part of the reserve and into the reedbed wood
13 February 2015
Latest Sighting
Plenty of action over the last few days. Lapwing numbers have increased to ~1200, 48 Oystercatcher, 73 Ruff and 20+ Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Common Snipe and a Woodcock flushed on the Reedbed Walk. Also out on the Reedbed Walk, Cetti's Warbler occasionally
13 February 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - High/Time - AM Grey Heron - 25 Oystercatcher - 2 Lapwing - 36 Herring Gull - 32 Black Headed Gull - 56 Shoveler - 2 Shelduck - 22 Saline Lagoon/Tide - High/Time - AM Shelduck - 2 Other Birds Curlew - River Wear - 1 Treecreeper - Spring
13 February 2015
Grey partridge
A grey partridge in the hand... Our aviculture manager Kristian had a lovely start to his morning, when he stumbled across this rather fine looking grey partridge. Or Alan, as he dubbed him. Geddit!? (*Nudges and wink
13 February 2015