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Snipe spotting on the marsh
1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 2 Shelduck - main lake 7 Mandarin - wildside 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 25 Fieldfare - flew over heading SW 2 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Meadow P
30 November 2018
Today's sightings
Bewick's swan (Lyle hide) Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Egyptian goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Tufted duck Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Great egret (x2) Little egret Curlew (x3
29 November 2018
Wild weather
It has been pretty windy this morning with periods of heavy rain too. The rain over the last few days has turned the Top New Piece into a haven for all manner of waders and wildfowl with big numbers of birds spread across the whole area making counting
29 November 2018
Adult Yellow-legged Gull on the main lake
5 Pintail - marsh 1 Yellow-legged Gull adult - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 1 Bittern - flew from the middle of the reedbed to the main lake (N shore) 2 Chiffchaff - wildside 13 Redwing - wildside 1 Kingfisher - world wetlands November bi
29 November 2018
Today's sightings 29/11/18
a.m. high tide Wader Lake shelduck 14 shoveler female 3 redshank 16 water rail (from Paddy Fleming Hide) Teal 14 grey heron 3 Saline lagoon teal 21 Grey heron Redshank 3 Hawthorn Wood nuthatch bullfinch 4 great spotted woodpecker blue tit 5 coal tit 3 gre
29 November 2018
Some Counts
A change to some milder but windy weather and the first rain we've had for a while. A dawn count of Pink-footed Geese and Whooper Swan produced just over 6000 geese and 457 Whooper Swan. More speculation than access to data but it looks like many of the o
28 November 2018
Today's sightings
Bewick's swan (Lyle hide) Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Little egret Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Snipe Dunlin Lapwing Golden
28 November 2018
Cape Shelduck
Who’s that nesting in an underground burrow? It’s the Cape shelduck! Cape shelduck originate from South Africa where they nest in disused aardvark burrows! You can see them here at Slimbridge in the Flamingo lagoon. Look out for the artificial nesting
28 November 2018
Wildlife sightings - 28/11/18
Wader Lake (AM, mid-high tide): Shoveler (three male and one female) 4 Shelduck 14 Teal 18 Water rail (Paddy Fleming Hide) 1 Tufted duck 35 Saline lagoon (AM, mid-high tide): Teal 28 Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted wo
28 November 2018
Reserve Update Wednesday 28th November
Passerine activity remains good around the site with two Brambling spotted on the Peter Scott Trail feeders yesterday and a male down with the Yellowhammers and Reed Bunting opposite the Peter Scott Observatory. They have been heard again this morning a
28 November 2018
A good variety of winter duck species
2 Pintail - main lake 3 Shelduck - main lake, wader scrape 1 Bittern - main lake (N shore) 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital November bird hi
28 November 2018
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Slightly quieter than the last couple of days, but hunting Peregrines and a Merlin are causing the birds to move around between the reserve more. Birds included 6 Snipe, 79 Lapwing, 504 Teal, 300+ Wigeon, 46 Pintail, 50+ Dunlin, 57 Shoveler a
27 November 2018
Today's highlights
Whooper swan Mute swan Canada geese Greylag geese Barnacle geese Shelduck Shoveler Wigeon Pintail Gadwall Pochard Ringed teal (Escapee) Lapwing Great white egret Little egret Ruff Dunlin Snipe Black-tailed godwit Coot Moorhen Marsh harrier Sparrowhawk Buz
27 November 2018
Wintering bird arrival
The last month has seen the arrival at Steart of a few of our favourite wintering birds. Firstly, short-eared owls have arrived back and are displaying excellently after only one sighting last winter. A hen harrier has been sighted regularly, roosting s
27 November 2018
Wildlife sightings - 27/11/18
a.m. Tide Level: Mid/low Wader Lake Water rail 1 Teal 3 Snipe 7 Kestrel 1 Shelduck 7 Buzzard 1 Redwing 6 Saline Lagoon Teal 7 Black-headed gull 31 Shelduck 2 Hawthorn Wood Great-spotted woodpecker 1 Great tit 5 Willow tit 1 Bullfinch 3 Blue tit 4 Coal tit
27 November 2018