News
Power line research to reduce risks for tens of thousands of swans and geese
30,000 pink-footed geese visit WWT Martin Mere each winter (c) Richard Taylor-Jones The safety of tens of thousands of swans and geese in the UK could be improved by new research into collisions with power lines, whic
30 August 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 25 August 2013 include: Estuary - 40 Black Tailed Godwits, 600 Oystercatchers, 6 Teal and 8 Gadwall Main Lake - 4 Mute Swans, 9 Wigeon, 21 Teal, 240 Mallard, 1 Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Pintail, 14 Greylags, 8 Gadwalls and 1 Litt
29 August 2013
A visit by BBC Breakfast
John Maguire from BBC Breakfast has been at Martin Mere this morning filming for BBC Breakfast. The footage should be shown early next week about an exciting new project that WWT Martin Mere are involved in with Electricity North West. More information ab
29 August 2013
Today's bird sightings
The lesser yellowlegs is present again today in front of the British Steel hide along with 6 curlew sandpiper, 790 black tailed godwit, 42 greenshank, 115 redshank, 3 wigeon and 21 teal
29 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Green sandpiper - 2 Ringed plover - 2 Marsh harrier - 1 Buzzard - 1 Wildfowl numbers are now increasing with wigeon teal, mallard and shoveler in front of the hides.
29 August 2013
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Black-tailed Godwit 15 Lapwing 26 Ruff 2 Teal 78+ Mallard 51 Mute Swan 1 Whooper Pond - view from Summer Walk Mute Swan 2 adults - 5 cygnets Mallard 54 Summer Walk Willow Warblers 20+ Sedge Warblers 4+ Flood Ground
29 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 29th August 2013
1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 6 Snipe - scrape, marsh, main lake 1 Garganey juv - scrape 1 Hobby 2 Peregrine 2 Redstart female - wader scrape bank (E bank) 2 Swallow - flew W 3 Yellow Wagtail - flew S 2 Swift 1 Wheatear - marsh 8 Chiffchaff - sheltered l
29 August 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Ruff 21 (20 juveniles and 1 adult) Little Stint 1 Juvenile Little-ringed Plover 7 Green Sandpiper 2 Avocet 4 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Snipe 3 Lapwing 620 Golden Plover 1 Teal 550 Garganey 1 The South Lake Little Stint 1 Juvenile Spotted Redsh
29 August 2013
Yet more baby Chileans!
And right on cue, as predicted by the aviculturists, the Chilean flamingo chicks are hatching at WWT Slimbridge and can be seen tottering around the nesting area of the South American Pen. I'm not going to go into masses of detail about the unpredictabi
28 August 2013
More birds
More arrivals and action around the reserve today. An influx of Ruff with 40+ birds, 50+ Common Snipe, Wood Sandpiper still from the Ron Barker Hide on Sunley's Marsh, At least one Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin and 300+ Lapwing. A female Mar
28 August 2013
Latest sightings
Folly Pond Teal 135 Black-tailed Godwit 12 Ruff 1 Shoveler 5 Wigeon 1 Flood Ground Teal 96 Wigeon 3 Shoveler 3 Teal Pond Teal 5 Mallard 7 Merse Teal 5 Mute Swan 4 Summer Walk Willow Warblers
28 August 2013
London Wetland Centre home to deadly duel in the undergrowth
Conehead cricket being stalked across southern England by a spider with a cavalier attitude to lunch On the surface all seems calm at this tranquil nature reserve but down in the grass a dramatic battle is raging between two fascinating animals, a bright
28 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 28th August 2013
1 Garganey juv - scrape 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Greenshank - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - scrape 4 Snipe - scrape and main lake 1 Buzzard 1 Hobby 4 Yellow Wagtail - 3 flew SW+S a.m., plus 1 feeding on the marsh 1 Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon 2
28 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 27th August 2013
1 Garganey juv - scrape 3 Teal juvs (ca. 1 month old) - main lake 1 Buzzard - flew S 1 Hobby 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Redshank - flew SE a.m. 1 Green Sandpiper - marsh, later on scrape 4 Snipe - scrape 35 House Martin a.m. 2 Yellow Wagtail -
27 August 2013
First Pink-feet?
Four Pink-feet from the Ron Barker Hide may well be the first of the autumn. Generally the first few Pinks are reported in the local vicinity in the last week of August before the obvious influx occurs mid September, weather depending. New waders around w
27 August 2013