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Today's sightings
A rather misty start to the day so visibility not so good when we checked out the hides early this morning. It has cleared. Holden Tower Peregrine 1 White-fronted Goose 40 Tack Piece [...]
8 November 2011
Great White Egret roosting with Llanelli
Having just returned from a relaxing holiday it’s nice to get back to the reserve and see what birds have arrived. On Saturday afternoon a Great White Egret was found roosting in the European Pen, along with 50 Little Egrets. Records of Great White Egre
7 November 2011
WeBS Count
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7 November 2011
Today's sightings, including 2 sparrowhawks!
Wader Lake: Teal - 34 Grey heron - 3 Lapwing - 12 Redshank - 16 Wigeon - 2 Shoveler - 7 Moorhen - 3 Mute swan - 1 Other bird species counts: Song thr [...]
7 November 2011
Marbled Duck late afternoon.
A Marbled Duck was found 4.15pm with Common Teal from the Ron Barker Hide. It appeared to be fully winged and the assumption is that it will be the same bird that turned up on the Ribble on the 4th of [...]
7 November 2011
Today's sightings
On estuary: 124 brent c180 pintail c200 curlew 216 wigeon 33 greylag tufted duck teal mallard gadwall pochard shovele [...]
7 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 7th November 2011
1 Short-eared Owl - over main lake and then flew E, mobbed by crows and starlings 1 Pintail - female, main lake 1 Peregrine - bathing in the main lake, then flew to hospital 1 Sparrowhawk [...]
7 November 2011
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