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Today's sightings
Wader Lake AM Low tide Wigeon 8 Teal 51 Mallard 26 Curlew 16 Redshank 17 Black-Headed-Gull 72 Peregrine (over) &nb [...]
15 November 2011
More White-fronts
Five European White-fronted Geese with Pink-footed Geese this morning. As usual the geese flocks are mobile so there is always an element of unpredictability in catching up with these birds(see wild g [...]
15 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Avenue Tower Within the 6335 Barnacle Geese this afternoon 8 EURASIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen. These were split into two group each a family consisting of adult and two juveniles. Folly [...]
15 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 15th November 2011
1 Pintail - feeding main lake 1 Bittern - main lake N shore a.m. 9 Snipe - marsh, main lake and scrape 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 3 Redpoll - world wetlands and waterlife 2 Stonech [...]
15 November 2011
Today's sightings
Holden Tower The Dumbles Brent Goose 3 juveniles Barnacle Goose 120 Canada Goose 90 Estuary Grey Plover 2 Zeiss Hide Teal 450+ Black-tailed Godwit 100 Golden Plover 40 Du [...]
15 November 2011
Truly iconic
Peregrine falcon at Slimbridge (James Lees) Iconic is a description that should be hard earned. Overused it loses significance but applying the word in the right place can raise the profile of an ailing species. Th
14 November 2011
Winners of Carmarthenshire Tourism Awards 2011
We are proud to announce that WWT National Wetland Centre Wales won the silver award for 'best tourist attraction' in Carmarthenshire and the bronze award for the 'Sustainable Tourism' category. The awards were organised by the Carmarthenshrie Touris
14 November 2011
Swans flood in!
Swan Lake has been completely transformed with the arrival of 75 new birds, including 24 cygnets, over the weekend! On Saturday night alone, 50 swans dropped down, in the biggest ‘swan-fall’ for seven years! As I write, 100 swans are swimming, preenin
14 November 2011
Walk with a Warden day success.
Every year I hold a Walk with a Warden event where we collect, ring and mark the juvenile Nenes for future breeding, and this year was no exception. Great thanks to the 9 intrepid helpers who booked up. We were blessed with sunshine, but not with luck.
14 November 2011
From Russia with love: rare bird entrusted to British conservationists arrives in the UK
The Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation breeding programme is a collaboration between WWT, Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo and the RSPB working with colleagues from the BTO, BirdLife International, ArcCona and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force. Over the we
14 November 2011
From Russia with love: spoon-billed sandpipers arrive in the UK
On Friday, conservationists escorted 13 spoon-billed sandpipers, one of the most endangered species on the planet, into Heathrow and onto their new home at WWT's headquarters at Slimbridge. This is the final stage of an epic journey for the birds, which h
14 November 2011
White-fronted goose spotted
Our wardens have just spotted a wild white-fronted goose near the crested screamer pen! Flew off before we could confirm the sub-species... [...]
14 November 2011
Sightings
A hunting sparrowhawk is on site today and there are lots of bullfinch adding colour to the feeding station at Hawthorn Wood. [...]
14 November 2011
Barnacles
At least 3 Barnacle Geese this morning with Pink-footed Geese. It's shaping up to be an excellent autumn for interesting geese on the reserve. No reports of the Euro White-fronts today but there h [...]
14 November 2011
Today's wild bird sightings
258 wigeon 58 shoveler pocahrd tufted duck teal mallard gadwall shelduck small numbers of redshank black tailed godwits c300 lapwing w [...]
14 November 2011