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A Willow Tit, presumably the bird which is normally seen in front of the Janet Kear hide was on the In Focus feeder this morning, but moved back to it's usual haunt later in the day. A Kingfisher [...]
28 October 2011
Wildlife sightings for 28th October 2011
42 Wigeon - main lake, sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - male and female, edge of grazing marsh 3 Cetti's Warbler - all singing: wildside, waterlife, sheltered lagoon Additiona [...]
28 October 2011
New Sighting Title
Rushy Bewicks Swan 3 Pochard 70 Pintail 45 Zeiss Hide Best birding here: Teal 480 Wigeon 70 Shoveler 58 Avocet 1 Golden Plover 25 Black Tailed Godwit 75 Redshank 5 Gree [...]
28 October 2011
Migrant mile-eaters: long-distance flyers about to touch down
A kingfisher has flown more than 620 miles from Poland to Suffolk to escape harsh weather. Its migration has beaten the 603-mile record for a British kingfisher, set by a bird which flew from Pembrokeshire to northern Spain. The new record holder was foun
27 October 2011
Beaver catch - night 3
Yesterday I set the traps at 5pm before heading home. Julia, our Grounds Manager, was still around so she checked them in case of Moorhens. At 8pm we hadn’t managed to catch any, but they were out of the lodge. I came back at midnight and we had caught
27 October 2011
Caerlaverock Update
Right guys, HELLO!! My first post from Caerlaverock so here goes....right migration... Well where to start! The Barnacle Geese numbers here have been growing over the last few weeks with numbers on the reserve reaching a high of 13,800. I know your all th
27 October 2011
Out on the reserve today
All these sightings were from the reserve during the swan's awake event this morning, which despite the weather offered great viewings of over 1000 swans taking off from the roosting areas to fly [...]
27 October 2011
Wildlife sightings - first redpoll of the autumn season
Wader Lake AM mid-low: Teal 52 Mallard 9 Shoveler 1 Redshank 3 Lapwing 3 Tufted duck 1 Wader Lake footpath: Redpoll 2 (first of the autumn season) Siskin [...]
27 October 2011
Bird News
Over 10,000 Pink-footed Geese on the reserve today, along with around 500 Whooper Swans providing the big numbers, but a good selection of other birds was recorded. These included over 50 Ruff, a sing [...]
27 October 2011
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 mike.youdale@wwt.org.uk [...]
27 October 2011
Shoveler high!
Shoveler numbers have already reached their highest numbers for this time of year. [...]
27 October 2011
Wildlife sightings for 27th October 2011
1 Bittern - south shore of Main Lake between Dulverton Hide and WWF Hide 1 Peregrine - flew up and across river NE 4 Water Rail - world wetlands and reservoir lagoon 3 Fieldfare - fle [...]
27 October 2011
Today's sightings
Starling news! Around 500 Starlings roosted in the grounds last night. This number is increasing daily, we hope it will reach 750,000 like it did a few years ago. As it gets colder in Eastern Euro [...]
27 October 2011
Bewick's vs Mute's!
A spot of swan rivalry between the resident pair of mute swans and the four newly arrived Bewick’s is keeping us all glued to the lake at the moment. Clearly not used to sharing the lake, the mutes are doing all they can to puff themselves up, look s
26 October 2011
Surprise Surprise!
Much to my delight there were 500 Whooper Swans on site on Tuesday (18th) 350 more than the count of 150 the morning before. So I grab the bins and the scope and started counting not only the numbers of birds but also the number of cygnets and the brood
26 October 2011