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Recent Sightings - 14 Sept
Wader Marsh: 30 teal, redshank 1, curlew 1, shelduck 5, greylag 17, goldfinches 25 Estuary: 511 brent, 2 greenshank, 12 black tailed godwits General – 4 mute swans on fresh water lagoon with 7 coots Saline lagoon : 1 greenshank, 1 heron, 3 little grebes
20 September 2013
Buff-breasted Sandpiper...
Juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper taken this morning by JSLees WWT The Dumbles/Holden Tower A juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (From Canada) was found by our Reserve Warden whilst he lead an Advanced Birding session! As you can imagine the group were ver
20 September 2013
Lovebirds revisit Slimbridge after 40 years
John and Gwyneth celebrating 40 years of marraige at Slimbridge A couple celebrating their ruby wedding anniversary visited WWT Slimbridge last week 40 years after their honeymoon visit. John and Gwyneth James came he
20 September 2013
Record flamingo baby boom
The soaring temperatures earlier this year led to a baby boom for the WWT Slimbridge flamingos. Chilean Flamingo Chick taken by James Lees The Chilean flamingo flock hatched 11 chicks which were parent-reared, with a
20 September 2013
Wildlife sightings for 20th September 2013
1 Green Sandpiper - main lake 10 Snipe - main lake, marsh 110 Shoveler - main lake, marsh 140 Teal - marsh 13 Wigeon - main lake, marsh 1 Hobby - marsh 4 Meadow Pipit - marsh 1 Whinchat - marsh 1 Stonechat - marsh 300 House Martin - feeding 3 Blackcap -
20 September 2013
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Teal 800+ Wigeon 32 Curlew 11 Lapwing 7 Snipe 6 Willow Warbler 1 Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 15 Mute Swan 7 Mallard 92 Wigeon 1 Shoveler 12 Swallow 11 Merse Pink-footed Goose 42 Canada Goose 37 Buzzard 1 Mute Swan 5 Roe Deer 4 Avenue Tower Flood G
20 September 2013
Barnacle geese arrive?
We've had a lot of goose activity on the Reserve today with thousands of Pink-footed, Greylag and Canada Geese feeding and flying around the fields and merse! In with some Pink-feet were 3 Barnacle Geese which could well be our first few Svalbard Barnies
19 September 2013
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 3 Pintail - 8 Wigeon Buzzard
19 September 2013
Severn Barrage sunk - new ideas sought
WWT and other conservation organisations have welcomed the Government’s announcement to throw out plans for a 10 mile long tidal energy-generating barrage across the Severn Estuary. The Severn estuary is home to more than 70,000 wintering birds – that
19 September 2013
Wildlife sightings for 19th September 2013
12 Wigeon - main lake and sheltered lagoon 8 Chiffchaff - south route, wildside, world wetlands 1 Whitethroat - near Dulverton Hide (south route) 4 Meadow Pipit - marsh, plus 1 flew SW 5 Swallow - flew S 120 House Martin - feeding on site, some flying
19 September 2013
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide Garganey 1 Teal 550 Black tailed Godwit 110 Ruff 4 (one adult with yellow legs) Redshank 5 Spotted Redshank 1 Wigeon 80 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 14 Redshank 36 Teal 90 Tufted Duck 30 Greylag 180 Holden Tower Sand Martin 10 Swallow 100 Ye
19 September 2013
Latest Sightings - bit of a pink-feet fest!
A very damp morning on the Reserve, but good weather for wildfowl! Plenty of Pink-footed Geese around today, good views of them at the back of the Folly Pond and flying around above many of the fields and the merse! Folly Pond Pink-footed Geese 12 Teal
19 September 2013
Pinks
A top day with skein after skein of Pink-footed Geese arriving throughout the day. Difficult to estimate numbers as birds were moving around the area, but a conservative estimate of 5000 is probably not far off the mark. A good selection of waders again w
18 September 2013
When to expect peak numbers of pink footed geese
The graph shows the numbers of Pink footed geese during weekly dawn counts in 2012. As you can see the peak numbers of geese arrive from mid October to mid November and then decrease as the geese move south. Lancashire is phenomenal for “Pink's” and M
18 September 2013
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Folly Pond Teal 600+ Black-tailed Godwits 28 Wigeon 40+ Snipe Shoveler Whooper Pond Teal Tufted Duck Shoveler Mute Swan Merse Pink Footed Geese 406 Canada Geese Greylag Geese Peregrine Flood Ground Teal Wigeon Shoveler
18 September 2013