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Today's sightings

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

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

A gull billed tern appeared briefly on the saltmarsh, before flying off towards the Machynys area at around 11:30am. Other highlights this morning include; spoonbill, little gull, 20 Mediterranean gul [...]

24 June 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 18 Starling 100 Folly Pond Shovele [...]

24 June 2012

Wildlife sightings for 24th June 2012

Wildlife sightings for 24th June 2012

1 Shoveler - marsh 7 Teal - main lake and scrape 2 Little Grebe chicks - 1 in channel by wildside hide, the other in the pool between the field lab and the summer route 9 Common Tern and 3 [...]

24 June 2012

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Holden Tower Cranes 2 On the estuary Dunlin 8 Black-tailed Godwit 5 adults in full breeding plumage, newly arrived Curlew 50 Mediterranean Gull 2nd summer South Lake Avocet 3 p [...]

24 June 2012

First flamingo egg laid!

First flamingo egg laid!

Our Caribbean flamingos at their nest site (Simon Ellison-Burns) The first Caribbean flamingo egg for 2012 at WWT Llanelli has been laid! This is about two weeks later than expected, as like many of our other birds th

24 June 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 6 + 2 chicks Redshank - 8 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Common Tern - 80 pairs + 15 chicks Grey Heron 10 + 14 juvinile Tufted Du [...]

23 June 2012

Floods

Floods

Bedraggled Marsh Harrier during yesterday's torrential rain. Male and female Marsh Harrier up and about today hopefully feeding young? Other raptors included Common Buzzard, Kestrel and Sparrowhaw [...]

23 June 2012

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

British steel hide spoonbill 3 Mediterranean gull 12 little egret 27 black tailed godwit 8 redshank 55 black headed gull 25 shelduck   Heron wing hide/Peter Sc [...]

23 June 2012

Wildlife sightings for 23rd June 2012

Wildlife sightings for 23rd June 2012

6 Teal - main lake 1 Shoveler - grazing marsh 3 Common Tern chicks - main lake 25+ Swift - over reserve   Recent bird highlights: Buzzard, Hobby, Peregrine, Avocet, Curlew, Co [...]

23 June 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Holden Tower Raven 1 Peregrine 1 Crane 4 Yellow Legged Gull 1 ad Dunlin 3   South Lake Mediteranen Gull 1 ad 1 2nd  summer 5 1st summer. Avocet 6 Black Tailed Godwi [...]

23 June 2012

Volunteers dig deep to help our very wet wetlands

Volunteers dig deep to help our very wet wetlands

Volunteers dug deep to help create vital new woodland habitat at WWT Washington Wetland Centre. The volunteers begin their task... Staff from Pentland Distribution Services (PDS) got their hands - and everything else!

22 June 2012

Vauxhall promotes national pride with top 5 summer attractions in Northern Ireland

Vauxhall promotes national pride with top 5 summer attractions in Northern Ireland

As official sponsors of Home Nations Football, Vauxhall recognises that whilst the Northern Irish team may not be competing on the pitch this summer, there are still plenty of reasons for people to display their national pride. Vauxhall dealerships in Nor

22 June 2012

Today Sighting

Today Sighting

Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Redshank - 10 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Common Tern - 80 pairs 18 chicks Grey Heron - 22 Grey Wagtail - 3 + 5 j [...]

22 June 2012

22nd June 2012

22nd June 2012

Very wet overnight (again!!). Lots of soggy fledgling passerines in the avenues and most of the common warblers still singing despite the relentless rain. The Little Grebes on the Teal Pond have hatch [...]

22 June 2012