News
Today's sightings
South Lake Avocet 6 inc a pair sat on three eggs (11 on site today) Black-tailed Godwit 36 Redshank 11 Gadwall 70 The Rushy Green Sandpiper 1 The South Finger Avocet 5 [...]
27 June 2012
How to spot a friendly flamingo.
My PhD is investigating the relationships that exist between different individual birds within the flocks at WWT Slimbridge. I hope to expand this to other WWT centres in the future to get an over-view of what types of interaction these flamingos are invo
26 June 2012
Country crafts come to the city
Try your hand at some old rural crafts at WWT London Wetland Centre’s Traditional Crafts Weekend, 21 -22 July 2012. Fullers' shire horses Visitors to WWT London Wetland Centre feel as though they have left the
26 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Wigeon - 1 Common Tern - 100 + 20 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 6 + 16 duckling Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 2 Tufted Duck - 15 Bl [...]
26 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Wigeon - 1 Common Tern - 100 + 20 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 6 + 16 duckling Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 2 Tufted Duck - 15 Bl [...]
26 June 2012
Avocet latest
The soap opera that is Wader Lake continues! The oystercatcher pair that nested on Tern Island approximately three weeks ago still have two well grown chicks on East Island. Three of the four [...]
26 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Teal Pond Little Grebe Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 18 Starling 100 Folly Pond Mallards with ducklings Shovel [...]
26 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 26th June 2012
1 Shoveler - main lake 19 Lapwing - main lake 11 Common Tern - main lake 2 Whitethroat - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape bank 1 Chiffchaff - wildside Recent bi [...]
26 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower COAL TIT 1 very fresh juvenile calling and popped up before flying to Decoy. Scarce here. South Lake Wigeon 3 (2 males) Avocet pair nesting and another single Bla [...]
26 June 2012
Bot-any spare bathtubs? (And no, we're not having a bubble!)
Rub-a-dub-dub, can you spare WWT Washington Wetland Centre a tub!? Bathtubs already in use at the plant nursery Wardens at the Wearside nature reserve are on the sponge for some unusual donations to help their plant n
25 June 2012
Cuckoo
A Cuckoo was heard singing near the Harrier Hide this afternoon. Today's raptors included 3 Marsh Harrier, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel and 2 Sparrowhawk. A male Ruff is the first of the return [...]
25 June 2012
Today's sightings
The gull billed tern has reappeared this morning and is best viewed from the british steel hide, although the bird is quite mobile and disappears for periods, only to return again. Other highlights sp [...]
25 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Teal Pond Little Grebe Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 18 Starling 100 Folly Pond Shoveler 2 Oystercatcher 4 H [...]
25 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 25th June 2012
2 Shoveler - main lake 5 Teal - scrape 12 Common Tern adults + 2 chicks - main lake 2 Peregrine - hunting over river and the scrape 2 Hobby - hunting over main lake 1 Crossbi [...]
25 June 2012
Today's sightings
Tufted Ducks are hatching in numbers, you can see them from most hides often close to cover. Pic by MJMcGill South Lake Mediterranean Gull 1st summer at 0800, five yesterday, afternoo [...]
25 June 2012