News
Whimbrel on Wader Lake
A whimbrel has just dropped in down at Wader Lake again, along with five curlew. The birds leave first thing of a morning, but as the nights draw in they should start arriving within opening time, [...]
7 October 2011
Wildlife sightings
Wader Lake Jackdaw 70 Grey heron 7 Teal 24 Black-headed gull 82 Corner meadow Grey partridge [...]
6 October 2011
Eric!! The flamingo take over
As you may already have seen in the paper or on the news, we are hand-rearing 3 Chilean Flamingo chicks! After a wet patch in mid August, several of the female Chileans were a little late in settling down to lay their eggs. Whether it was because the pare
5 October 2011
Staff handrear baby flamingos hatched too late to be loved
A Chilean flamingo chick Three flamingo babies are being handreared by workers at an attraction in Gloucestershire after they hatched out of season. The Chilean flamingo eggs hatched a month later than the norm leadin
5 October 2011
Wildlife sightings
Wader Lake Teal 42 Shoveller 16 Wigeon 3 Black-headed gull 41 Redshank 23 Common snipe 3 Hawthorn Wood Long-tailed tit 11 Willow tit 3 Coal tit 8 [...]
5 October 2011
Rod and Musa, the birthday boys
Happy birthday boys! Rod and Musa, our cheeky Asian short-clawed otters, celebrated their 2nd birthdays in style, with tasty fishcakes and a fishy present for them to tear open. Many thanks to Sainsbury's in Washington for providing the responsibly-source
4 October 2011
Rare plant blooms again
And frogs croak their confusion Deptford Pink It is rare enough to see a Deptford Pink in bloom as these nationally scarce plants are hard to find, but to discover one blossoming into October is unheard of. These deli
4 October 2011
Wildlife sightings - curlew numbers increasing
Wader Lake Redshank 52 Lapwing 22 Snipe 1 Shoveller 6 Wigeon 5 Teal 46 After dusk we've recorded 600 curlew on Wader lake so numbers look good for the winter. [...]
4 October 2011
October Podcast - Autumn wildlife and Mark Carwardine
Mark Carwardine With the recent launch of the WWT Photography Competition, many visitors will be heading out on to the reserve armed with their cameras to capture wildlife and landscapes on film. Zoologist, wildlife p
3 October 2011
Autumn Podcast 2
Waving Common Lizard - Laurence Arnold London Wetland Centre has a hard working team of volunteers who take on a variety of roles around the reserve. Loraine tells us about her role as a volunteer Tour Guide: she's be
3 October 2011
Some last minute specials!
The birds are trying as hard as they can to keep the season going. From a late clutch of Abyssinian blue-winged geese delivered courtesy of Rosemary Sharp, to a late clutch of African white-backs in our breeding aviaries. I just love both species. The Ab
1 October 2011
Comings and goings
One late swallow was spotted heading south west first thing and an influx of goldcrest has been noted on site.
1 October 2011
Wildlife sightings
Wader Lake: Redshank 29 Lapwing 21 Common snipe 4 Teal 38 Shoveler 9 Gadwall 4 Wigeon 1 Kestrel (hunting over Wader Meadow) 1 Grey heron 11 Sparrowhawk 3 (soari [...]
1 October 2011
Alan Saunders exhibition at WWT Martin Mere
WWT Martin Mere is hosting an exhibition from International award winning amateur wildlife photographer, Alan Saunders, throughout October. The exhibition, beginning Saturday 1 October, will be located in the Lecture Theatre and Alan will be undertakin
30 September 2011
The migratory season is underway at Washington
It's late September here at WWT Washington and already a few small flocks of pink-footed geese have been passing over site, heading south. Wader Lake's evening curlew roost count is holding at approx 500-600 most nights; good numbers so far, for this time
29 September 2011