WWT’s Head of Public Relations & Campaigns, Peter Morris, reflects on new court rules in cases where the environment might be threatened: If you want to fight a new development on your doorstep through the courts, on environmental grounds, your pot
1 March 2017
Apologies for the late update, our internet has been down this morning. It's been a lovely morning on the reserve, very calm after the storm at the weekend. The Folly Pond is very busy at the moment with good numbers of duck feeding. Our new nesting raft
1 March 2017
Holden Tower & Walkway The Spotted Redshank was on the Tack Piece this morning with 2 Redshank and a few Lapwing. The flock of 162 White-fronted Geese were grazing here too. Other birds included 7 Cranes, 17 Curlew, 8 Shoveler, 29 Pintail and arou
1 March 2017
1 Bittern - main lake 4 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Caspian Gull - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 5 Pintail - main lake February bird highlights: Bittern, Firecrest, Brent Goose, Shelduck, Jack Snipe, Redshank, Mediterranean G
1 March 2017
Dunlin now outnumber Lapwing on the reserve, the latter species has departed in numbers this week. Rushy Pen 51 Bewick's Swans present this morning with another family of 5 out in the fields. 140+ Pintail, 80 Pochard, 120 Tufted Duck and two Cranes pres
28 February 2017
A wet and cold day but still plenty to see, the Avocets had increased to 50 this morning, also the Woodcock was seen again in between Gladstone and Janet Kear Hide. Other waders included 100+ Oystercatcher, 60 Ruff, 33 Black-tailed Godwit, a good count of
28 February 2017
WWT is urging everyone who owns birds to keep supporting national efforts to reduce the spread of avian influenza. The H5N8 strain of the virus has never transferred to humans. But it has caused many deaths in wild and farmed birds across the UK in recent
28 February 2017
Song Thrush Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Song Thrush 6 Water Rail 3 Gadwall 25 Little Egret 1 Reed Bunting 4 Cetti's Warbler 7 Tufted Duck 15 Goshawk 1 (Female) Kestrel 1 Grey Heron 2 Mistle Thrush 1 Great Spot
28 February 2017
Water levels remain low with all paths clear and all hides apart from Allport open. Sightings so far today: Mute swan Whooper swan White-fronted goose Pochard Shelduck Shoveler Teal Wigeon Great white egret Kingfisher Golden plover Lapwing Oystercatcher S
28 February 2017
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Avocet 3 Grey heron 26 Shoveler 8 Lapwing 76 Shelduck 24 Black-headed gull 37 Redshank 4 Eurasian teal 18 Greylag goose 2 Canada goose 2 Saline Lagoon Gadwall 2 Shelduck 2 Hawthorn Wood Siskin 3 Dunnock 6 Robin 2 Great spot
28 February 2017
1 Shelduck - grazing marsh 6 Pintail - main lake, sheltered lagoon 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh February bird highlights: Bittern, Firecrest, Brent Goose, Shelduck, Jack Snipe, Redshank, Medi
28 February 2017
Simple guides to help people identify different swans are being issued across northern Europe ahead of the migration of the rare Bewick’s swan. The guides have been designed by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) after finding that few people know t
28 February 2017
Amazing numbers of Golden Plover wheeling in the sky over Lady Fen, especially when disturbed by Red Kite, Marsh Harrier and Buzzard. Snipe-16 Lapwing-courtship displays Dunlin Little egret Great white egret-Reedbed hide Water rail Coot Moorhen-mating K
27 February 2017
Mon 27 Feb Ramsar hide: lapwing, teal, greylag geese, black-headed gull, 2 oystercatcher, shelduck, Canada, common gull, snipe, pochard World Wetlands: tufted duck, Little grebe, 6 pochard Lapwing hide: 4 shoveler, 4 lapwing, teal Scrape hide: snipe, sh
27 February 2017
It has been a good morning for birds. With quite a high tide, large numbers of Dunlin were swirling around over the shore with 1700 briefly dropping into field 3, which already contained over 2000 Golden Plover, quite a sight! A large feeding flock of Sta
27 February 2017