News
Watch out, there's a water rail about!
A water rail has just surprised one of our wardens by dashing across his path at the ponds behing the duckery building. [...]
14 December 2011
Today's Sightings
Hawthorn Wood - AM - Weather Conditions: Dry/Cold Bird Species Blackbird - 2 Blue Tit - 16 Bullfinch - 20 Carrion Crow - 2 Chiffchaff - 15 Dunnok - 2 Great Spotted Wood [...]
14 December 2011
Bird News
It would be easy to write that the 'usual suspects' have all been present today, but that wouldn't really do justice to the huge numbers of birds that are now present on the reserve. O [...]
14 December 2011
Today's wild bird sightings
bittern [13th Dec] great white egret coming to roost late afternoon daily 47 black tailed godwit 236 lapwing kingfisher water rail wigeon shoveler s [...]
14 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond We have recently had a female Pintail coming in to the feeds. Ever since it first arrived it was straight up to us like it seemed to know the routine we have. We found that this birds [...]
14 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 14th December 2011
1 Bittern - main lake N shore 21 Snipe - marsh 11 Redpoll - waterlife/sheltered lagoon 5 Cetti's Warbler - shelt lagoon, wildside, reedbed, entrance lake 300+ Wood Pigeon - flew S [...]
14 December 2011
Today's sightings
The Rushy LESSER SCAUP 1 female still present and showing well Pochard 270 Tufted Duck 340 Pintail 260 Bewick's Swan 118 The Tack Piece White-fronted Goose 147 Grey [...]
14 December 2011
Latest survey shows poor breeding
Last week, a big co-ordinated age count took place across Europe in an effort to determine whether or not the Bewick’s have had a good breeding season, information which may help us to understand what is driving the population’s rapid decline. This in
13 December 2011
An invitation to see one of the world’s rarest birds at Slimbridge
Please join us and our Vice-President Kate Humble for a very special event on Monday 19 December, which will include the first chance to glimpse the spoon-billed sandpipers in the UK. Kate will unveil a live CCTV link up with the specially-constructed Sli
13 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/Tide Mid Shelduck - 2 Mallard - 60 Teal - 52 Wigeon - 4 Black Headed Gull - 74 River Wear Cormorant - 7 Curlew - 8 Redshank - 11 Hawthorn Wood [...]
13 December 2011
Fresh
A 'fresh' day on the reserve but plenty of people out and about. The Marsh Harriers were putting in some top class flying displays in the windy conditions with at least 5 individuals prese [...]
13 December 2011
Recent sightings
Reserve Greenshank and redshank are becoming more regular on the Wader marsh with oystercatcher and lapwing beginning to use the Peninsular salt marsh from December 5th. A pair o [...]
13 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 100 Wigeon 90 Teal 10 Shoveler 2 Pintail 3 Folly Pond Wigeon 150 Teal 100 Redshank 2 Snipe 5 Saltcot Merse Observatory Scaup 2500 Pintail [...]
13 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 13th December 2011
1 Bittern - 3rd reedbed channel closest to wildside hide 200+ Teal - marsh, wader scrape 2 Pintail - marsh 1 Jack Snipe - marsh (to the right of main channel halfway along) 3 Stonechat [...]
13 December 2011
LESSER SCAUP and other sightings
Another two stunning images of the Bittern sent in by WWT member Michael Colquhoun Thanks to Michael for these fantastic shots of our rather showy Bitterns! Send us your photo [...]
13 December 2011