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Today's sightings
An overcast start to the day after the sunshine filled previous day. A cold NE wind blowing but these conditions are forcing thrushes to fly a bit lower as they migrate. Flocks of Redwing and Fieldfar [...]
7 November 2011
Celebrity speaker at Bird Watching Festival
Celebrity David Lindo is the special guest speaker at WWT Martin Mere’s North West Bird Watching Festival on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November. David Lindo is The Urban Birder, bringing a fresh, urban perspective to modern birding. Tipped as the next B
6 November 2011
Birdwatching at it's best.
No counts in particular today other than to say the reserve was packed with birds, similarly to the past few days reports. A fabulous day to be out birding too with dawn til dusk sunshine, light winds [...]
6 November 2011
Pochard up!
This morning there was 40 pochard out on swan lake. [...]
6 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 6th November 2011
1 Bittern - flew from reservoir lagoon, landed in the reeds to the right hand side of the nearest channel to the wildside hide 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh at 11:05 a.m. 1 Jack Snipe - right [...]
6 November 2011
Spotted Redshank
A cracking day started with a Spotted Redshank seen flying in high from the SW in the morning, the bird spent most of the time on the Mere and was still present at dusk roosting with Ruff back on the [...]
5 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 5th November 2011
3 Water Rail - grazing marsh, main lake 3 Fieldfare - waterlife 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 9 Siskin - entrance 3 Chiffchaff - world wetlands, wildside [...]
5 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Rushy Still the 3 Bewicks Swans here. Pochard are up to nearly 100 and Pintail at 70. Martin Smith Hide The Snipe were showing well again with 4 there this morning, they were joined briefl [...]
5 November 2011
A pictorial treat from the aviaries.
I just had to post this photo... I am never satisfied with my pictures of Hooded Merganser, and just as I pressed the button on this one; the Bufflehead popped up out of the water. Despite the chill, most eclipse plumage species are just getting in a bit
4 November 2011
Epic migration
Wild Svalbard Barnacle Geese migrate 3000km from Svalbard Island in the High Arctic to winter on Scotland's Solway Firth, with thousands feeding at WWT's Caerlaverock Wetland Centre. These magnificent animals may fly the entire distance in two days. At Ma
4 November 2011
The excitement builds ...
There’s a certain air of anticipation around the centre this morning – almost like the calm before the storm, but with a heavy chunk of excitement! Yesterday was a hive of activity on site, with cables laid, lights rigged, sets built and, when darknes
4 November 2011
Startled sparrowhawk!
Our Eurasian cranes have just startled Florence, our resident hunting sparrowhawk, as she stopped on the stream in front of the visitor centre to devour her prey. She was spooked so much that she [...]
4 November 2011
More Birds
Some excellent birding again with some of the highest counts of the autumn so far including Common Teal at 2175, Whooper Swan 890 and 115 Tufted Duck. Other counts included 14,000 Pink-footed Geese, 2 [...]
4 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 4th November 2011
130+ Teal - site count 35 Wigeon - site count 1 Sparrowhawk - wildside 1 Peregrine - hunting over main lake 2 Water Rail - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape [...]
4 November 2011
Todays sightings
Holden Tower Whitefronted Goose 33 Peregrine 1 Lapwing 350 Golden Plover 70 Heron 3 Rushy Bewicks Swan 3 Pochard 90 Tufted duck 170 Martin Smith Hide Snipe 3 (showing w [...]
4 November 2011