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Wildlife sightings for 24th November 2011
1 Long-eared Owl - flew over site from NW, then mobbed by Peregrine and flew off SE 4 Bearded Tit - on grazing marsh, even perched on fox fence 1 Bittern - main lake north side 1 Shelduck [...]
24 November 2011
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide BITTERN 2- one chasing off the other but both birds were still present in the reeds at 0950 One returned to the Zeiss Hide reedbed, the other near the Van de Bovemkamp hide. Teal 67 [...]
24 November 2011
Year list tops 150 species on reserve
Another quality day for any birders visiting the reserve. Difficult to call a highlight as you could choose from a number of different competing birdwatching experiences. Was it 1000+ Whooper Swan? Was it the excitement of scanning through the Pink-footed
23 November 2011
Migration surprises every day in Barnes
Red-crested pochard pair The mild weather continues to bring wildlife surprises at London Wetland Centre, including a mallard hatching eleven ducklings around 17 November. We've also seen a range of late flowering pla
23 November 2011
On the reserve today
Crane - 19 (flew over late afternoon) Barnacle geese - 5 [...]
23 November 2011
Today's sightings
Wader Lake AM Teal 48 Curlew 4 Mallard 63 Redshank 1 Lapwing 3 Black Headed Gull 37 Hawthorn Wood Woodpecker 1 Bullfinch 1 [...]
23 November 2011
23rd November
Refuge Light bellied brent now down to 500 within the estuary gathering close to the Limekiln Observatory at high-water. Wigeon similarly reduced to approximately 130 with northern shoveler [...]
23 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond Whooper Swan 150 Wigeon 600 Teal 600 GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Tufted Duck 60 Shoveler 50 Spotted Redshank 1 Common Redshank 1 Greenshank 1 Snipe 2 [...]
23 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 23rd November 2011
4 Bearded Tit - reedbed at 12:28. 3 seen flying over the main lake at 14:35. 1 Bittern - north shore main lake 1 Fieldfare - waterlife c.20 Lesser Redpoll - waterlife Recent [...]
23 November 2011
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 showing on and off in the reed bed in front of hide Water Rail 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Black-tailed Godwit 78 Lapwing 320 Dunlin 55 Teal 670 Bewick's S [...]
23 November 2011
Eric! Teenage-hood looms.
Teenage-hood is looming as feather quills push the skin and down begins to shed. The babes are currently being weaned, and someone is none too happy about it! Number 2 is by far the biggest of the three flams, and through a mixture of greed and blind luc
22 November 2011
WeBS count
Wigeon (2940) Teal (695) Mallard (452) Shoveler (79) Northern Pintail (19) Gadwall (10) Pochard (74) Pink-footed Goose (2) White-fronted Goose (3) Canada Goose (110 [...]
22 November 2011
The 150th Species
Another quality day for any birders visiting the reserve. Difficult to call a highlight as you could choose from a number of different competing birdwatching experiences. Was it 1000+ Whooper Swan? Wa [...]
22 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 22nd November 2011
2 Red-crested Pochard - male and female, reservoir lagoon. Later seen on the main lake (see photo above) 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Pintail - male, main lake (on the left in the photo abo [...]
22 November 2011
Today's sightings
Holden Tower The Dumbles @0830 Rooks and Jackdaw Greylag 2 Lapwing 250 Ruff 2 in the scrape Linnet 22 Tack Piece Wigeon 1200 E. White-fronted Goose 64 Barnacle, Canada and Grey [...]
22 November 2011