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The story from Martin Mere so far...
We’ve seen over 8,000 pink-footed geese arrive, and 50 whooper swans, which is less than last year due to the hot weather but numbers are now beginning to rise. We hope to see up to 2,000 whoopers by mid November.
19 October 2011
The story from Welney so far...
We saw the first nine whooper swans arrive on 15 September, and that number has now increased to over 400. We’ve seen numbers grow for wigeon, teal, pintail, shoveler and gadwall. There are still a few passage migrants coming through the rese
19 October 2011
The story from Llanelli so far...
17/10 Two great white egrets on the saline lagoons in front of the Brirish steel hide and a wryneck is still present. Other sightings include 31 lapwing, 285 black-tailed godwit, 88 knot, 300 curlew, 540 oystercatcher, greenshank, spotted redshank, 45 red
19 October 2011
The story from Slimbridge so far...
Migration has so far been a bit slow with the warm temperatures and winds, meaning winter duck species such as pochard and pintail have been held up, and the first white fronted geese arrived on 14 October. Although, there have been lots of waders to see
19 October 2011
The story from London so far...
So far we’ve seen a variety of wildfowl, including up to 150 teal when the Thames tide is in. We’re expecting shoveler and gadwall shortly. We’ve got around 12 snipe, plus one jack snipe. Three ruff dropped in earlier, and we’ve seen a dunlin, gre
19 October 2011
The story from Arundel so far...
So far, we had three snipe arrive on the 8 October, followed by one more the day later. Water rail have been spotted from the reedbed hide. In total, we’ve had 50 teal, 6 shoveler have been seen but we think there’s more out there. We’
19 October 2011
Out on the reserve today
Another influx of whooper swans last night at Welney and we have heard from the continent that the Bewick's swans are on their way! [...]
19 October 2011
Wildlife sightings - including greenshank
Wader Lake a.m. tide level mid Heron 2 Teal 91 Black-headed gull 232 Greenshank 1 Lapwing 7 Hawthorn Wood: Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Sparrowhawk 1 [...]
19 October 2011
The swans are on their way!
My inbox has been buzzing with news that the great Bewick’s swan migration is underway and on time! The first birds arrived in Lithuania at the end of September, and since then, nearly a thousand have dropped into the Netherlands! Seeing the swans arriv
18 October 2011
Local wildlife warden helps save world’s rarest duck
Film about the project opens at London Wetland Centre Idris Bhatti A local wildlife warden from WWT London Wetland Centre has been instrumental in leading a vital conservation mission to Madagascar. Londoner Idris Bha
18 October 2011
October - busy, busy
Last week was a really busy week for me and I wasn't really at the centre much. We have meetings reagularly for our Centre Managers from across the country and these are really useful and great for catching up with the other centres news! At the meetin
17 October 2011
First goldeneye of the season
One barnacle goose on Wader Lake today. Possibly attracted onto the lake due to the high water level? A lone goldeneye present on 14 and 15 October is the first of the autumn. I also had great views of two siskin feeding with a flock of goldfinch on the n
15 October 2011
Wildlife sightings
Wader Lake: 1 barnacle goose 112 teal 5 gadwall 8 shoveler 2 wigeon Reservoir: 1 goldeneye 18 tufted duck Hawthorn Wood: 2 siskin 10 g [...]
15 October 2011
Migration Watch update
I watched a peregrine falcon flying low over White Meadow, heading south, as I carried out this morning's fence check. A little owl was also sat watching me down at the river reedbed, perched in a dead tree.
14 October 2011
Wildlife sightings
Today's birdwatching highlights 1 little owl (river reedbeds). 1 peregrine falcon (flew low over White Meadow south). 1 goldeneye (reservoir). Wader Lake: [...]
14 October 2011