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Wildlife sightings for 7th November 2018
Bittern by Maria Z 2 Bittern - main lake, North shore and South East corner 21 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 4 Water Pipit - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Peregrine - main lake island 19 1 Fieldfare - grazing ma
7 November 2018
It's a wet one
South Lake Hides A small flock of Knot were on the wader scrape briefly this morning but flew off leaving behind a flock of 135 Black-tailed Godwit huddled up against the driving rain. Also present were 125 Lapwing, 5 Redshank and 40+ Shoveler. The de
7 November 2018
Today's sightings 07/11/18
a.m. low tide Wader Lake Black headed gull 11 Teal 16 Redshank 2 Saline Lagoon Black headed gull 7 Teal 8 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 5 Great tit 6 Coal tit 4 Robin Nuthatch Greenfinch 3 Bullfinch 8 Sparrowhawk female Other birds Goshawk overhead Buzzard 2 ove
7 November 2018
Reserve Update Wednesday 7th November
Silver and Gold hide is a good place to visit this morning with over 400 Teal and 300 Wigeon out feeding around the seasonal pool in Corner field. They have been joined by small numbers of Lapwing and Black-tailed Godwit too. Elsewhere on the wader fr
7 November 2018
Green-winged Teal
A male Green-winged Teal was reported late afternoon from the Ron Barker Hide amongst Teal, hopefully it will stick around and be seen again over the coming days. The female Goldeneye was back on the Mere again today but no sign of the Scaup from yesterda
6 November 2018
Recent sightings 3rd - 6th November
Gadwall Cr. Rob Werran British Steel hide Various waders can still be seen across the saline lagoons including good numbers of Black-tailed Godwit, as well as Knot, Dunlin, Greenshank and Redshank. Across the estuary
6 November 2018
Today's Sightings
Shoveler Mallard Teal Wigeon Lapwing Green woodpecker Mute swan Whopper swan Pied wagtail Canada goose Greylag goose Black-tailed godwits Kestrel Tree sparrow Redshank Little egret Little grebe Stonechat Heron Marsh harrier Buzzard Short-eared owl Barn ow
6 November 2018
Busy Top New Piece
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece The cut rides that were created by reserve staff last week worked has wonders once again, a Bittern showed for a few hours here yesterday. No sightings by 0930 today but that is quite typical, this species often shows later in the
6 November 2018
Three goosanders drop in
One of the three goosanders that dropped in on Sunday. Thirteen goosanders have been sighted in the Arun Valley Photo: Paul Stevens Sightings from morning wardens walks for the week of Oct 29-Nov 4 Mon Oct 29 Ar
6 November 2018
Wildlife sightings for 6th November 2018
2 Bittern - main lake 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 7 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Water Rail - reedbed 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 5 Siskin - flew over heading South East 1 Skylark - flew over heading West October/early November bird highlights: Short-e
6 November 2018
Scaup
A juv Scaup was a new bird on the Mere, hanging around with the Tufted and Pochard. No sign of the Goldeneye today. Juvenile Scaup on the Mere (Tony Disley)
5 November 2018
Today's Highlights
Mute swans Whooper swans Greylag geese Canada geese Shoveler Mallard Pochard Teal Wigeon Pintail Bittern at Friends hide Great egret from Main obs Water rail below café window Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Coot Moorhen Grey heron Curlew from Main Obs Dunli
5 November 2018
Recent Sightings €- 29th October 2018
The following count was taken from the reserve and estuary at high tide today. Strangford Lough is such a remarkable place. The winter bird numbers just keeping increasing; huge flocks of Wigeon now visible everyday and large numbers of Greenshank are bei
5 November 2018
Reserve Sightings- 5th November 2018 - Pochard!
A mild an sunny day on site, with many duck species such as Teal and Wigeon in high numbers. On the folly pond a Pochard has been spotted snoozing and clearly having a lazy morning (nice for some!!!). A Pintail has also been spotted on the Folly Pond this
5 November 2018
'Message in a bottle' bird found by friend over 3000 miles away
A spoon-billed sandpiper reared by a WWT conservationist in Russia was sighted by a friend in China just weeks later. The young bird was identified in Jiangsu over 3000 miles from the Russian east coast where it was raised by aviculturalist Jodie Clement
5 November 2018