Imagine you’re a duck. You know that, to most people, you’re less important than health, family, jobs, homes, education or security. You know that you’re also less important than how the UK exits the EU, or whether Scotland exits the UK. But, as of
18 April 2017
Shetland Sheep on island Cr. WWT Llanelli Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 4 Cormorant 4 Little Egret 1 Grey Heron 1 Mute Swan 2 Canada Goose 6 Gadwall 20 Teal 1 Pintail 2 Shoveler 4 Pochard 6 Tufted Duck 25 Lapwing 4
18 April 2017
1 Redstart (male) - NE corner of reservoir lagoon 1 Curlew - heard calling from the main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Glaucous Gull (2cy) - main lake 2 Lesser Whitethroat - singing between WWF hide and Peacock Tower 5 Redshank - reservoir lag
18 April 2017
Peregrine x2 Redshank Avocet Shelduck Shoveler Tree Sparrow Buzzard Marsh Harrier Kestrel Sparrowhawk Kingfisher Little Ringed Plover Great White Egret Snipe Teal Skylark Swallow House Martin Black-tailed Godwit Yellow Wagtail
18 April 2017
Get your place at the starting line this Bank Holiday at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre On your marks, get set, go…………. WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is making a splash this bank holiday weekend with the fourth annual plastic duck race on Monday
18 April 2017
South Lake Spotted Redshank, 6 Ruff, 171 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2cy Mediterranean Gull and 20 Avocet. Tack Piece Common Sandpiper, pair of Avocet, 29 Teal and 32 Shoveler Holden Tower 3 Wheatear, Kestrel and Peregrine Zeiss Hide 226 Blac
17 April 2017
Gadwall Shelduck Teal Wigeon Shoveler Mallard Greylag goose Egyptian goose Great white egret - Main Observatory Little egret Grey heron Cormorant Marsh Harrier Kestrel Buzzard Snipe Avocet Lapwing Redshank Black-tailed godwit Goldfinch Pied wagtail Cetti'
17 April 2017
a.m. mid tide Wader lake Little egret Avocet 19 shoveler 2 ringed plover 3 tufted duck 15 Black tailed godwit 23 Oystercatcher 2 Kestrel redshank 22 common snipe 4 gadwall 2 Saline lagoon grey heron avocet 4 gadwall 2 Hawthorn wood siskin 2 Great spotted
17 April 2017
1 Ring Ouzel - (male) NE corner of reservoir lagoon 1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Wheatear - grazing marsh 5 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 2 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Lesser
17 April 2017
Brighter and warmer today after a chilly start. 12 Whooper Swans on Folly Pond as I type - these were on nearby Upper Locharwoods earlier this morning and I assume will be departing for Iceland imminently. One cygnet remains on The Whooper Pond also. Ther
17 April 2017
A few new sightings for the year today, the first Whimbrel was seen from UU Hide along with a good slection of other waders which included 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5+ Ruff as well as the usual Lapwing, Redshank and Avocet.
16 April 2017
South Lake It's great to have the Spotted Redshank and Ruff still feeding on the scrape, both species are moulting into breeding plumage. Up to 6 Redshank, 180 Blkck-tailed Godwit, 6 Oystercatcher, 5 Lapwing and 20+ Avocet were also on the scrape or vis
16 April 2017
Great white egret Teal Black-tailed godwit Redshank Shelduck Shoveler Lapwing Little egret Yellow wagtail Avocet Moorhen and chicks Oystercatcher Gadwall Swallow
16 April 2017
AM high tide Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 32 Avocet 23 Lapwing 20 Grey heron 23 Shelduck 16 Redshank 11 Shoveler 4 Oystercatcher 1 Saline Lagoon Avocet 4 Lapwing 2 Mute swan 2 Common snipe 2 Eurasian teal 14 Gadwall 2 Hawthorn Wood Goldfin
16 April 2017
Wet and misty this morning, but should improve later. 100 Golden Plovers, largely in their spangled summer plumage brightened the greyness from The Avenue Tower earlier, with a few of the passage White Wagtails on view there too. 17 Black-tailed Godwits a
16 April 2017