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Today's wild bird sightings
460 pintail 246 wigeon mallard shelduck shoveler tufted duck gadwall pochard 2 water rail 4 snipe 5 greenshank c300 curlew 55 bl [...]
5 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 Teal 600 Wigeon 550 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Snipe 20 Whooper Swan 92 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 15 Wigeon 100 Teal 5 Shoveler 5 Flood Groun [...]
5 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 5th December 2011
1 Caspian Gull juv - main lake 0820hrs 56 Wigeon - marsh 1 Pintail - marsh 80 Teal - marsh, scrape and resr lagoon 1 Bittern - main lake N shore (showing well in the sunshin [...]
5 December 2011
Snow Geese results & sightings
Peregrine hunting over the 100 acre this morning JSLees WWT Send us you slimbridge photos If you think you have some shots that beat this one we would love to see them send them to james. [...]
5 December 2011
Out on the reserve today
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4 December 2011
154
A Kittiwake, the 154th species of bird for the year was recorded this morning from the Ron Barker Hide. No point coming in to try and 'twitch' it as it was taken by a Marsh Harrier just after [...]
4 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 4th December 2011
1 Bittern - north side main lake, best seen from observatory 1 Shelduck - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - scrape Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregr [...]
4 December 2011
Today's sightings
One of the Zeiss Hide Bitterns taken by WWT member Duncan Richardson, Many thanks Duncan! If you think you have some shots that beat this one then send them to james.lees@wwt.org.uk and [...]
4 December 2011
Out on the resaerve today
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3 December 2011
Sightings Update
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Feeding table of outside of building Grey Wagtail - Stream Channel [...]
3 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/Tide Level Mid Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 46 Teal - 116 Wigeon - 9 Shoveler - 2 Gadwall - 1 Black Headed Gull - 44 Redshank - 41 Lapwing - 20 Othe [...]
3 December 2011
Grey Phalarope again
Grey Phalarope still present 2pm at least best viewed (distantly) from the United Utilities Hide. Five Marsh Harrier (3 imm male and 2 juv), 3 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel and Shor [...]
3 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Swans Yesterday we had 527 Whooper Swans on the reserve which is actually a RESERVE RECORD! This morning however, we had a mighty 5! All the birds are still around the local area but a [...]
3 December 2011
Wildlife sightings for 3rd December 2011
3 Pintail - main lake 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 6 Snipe - wader scrape 10 Siskin - waterlife [...]
3 December 2011
Todays sightings
One of the Zeiss Hide Bitterns taken today by WWT member Sarah Dean, Many thanks Sarah! If you think you have some shots that beat these then send them to james.lees@wwt.org.uk and we will publish [...]
3 December 2011