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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - High Canada Goose - 8 Shelduck - 36 Grey Heron - 6 Curlew - 1 Black Headed Gull - 130 Herring Gull - 130 Great Black Backed Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Other Birds Tufted Duck - Site count - 72 Mallard - Site count -
30 December 2015
Wildlife sightings for 30th December 2015
1 Bittern - reedbed channels 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Shelduck - main lake 2 Pintail - main lake 80 Wigeon - marsh December bird highlights: Bittern, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Stonechat, Brambling, Water Pipit, Treecreeper. B
30 December 2015
stormy sightings
The Rushy Greater Scaup 2 first winter females Bewick's Swan 75 at dawn The Tack Piece Greenland White-fronted Goose 5 European White-fronted Goose 105 Teal 900 Wigeon 700 Pintail 80 Shoveler 40 Black-tailed Godwit 180 Ruff 14 Redshank 40 Curlew 50 Cran
30 December 2015
Latest Sightings - 30th December - wet and windy
As forecast, it is extremely wet and windy at the moment, with roads in the area beginning to flood. We are still opening as normal at 10am, but we will continue to assess the conditions throughout the day. Please take care if travelling around this area.
30 December 2015
Today's Highlights
White-fronted goose - 3 (Nelson-Lyle hide) Ruff - Nelson-Lyle hide Goldeneye - 1 drake at the back of the reserve Great white egret - 1 (Friends hide) Peregrine - 1 hunting the flocks of black-tailed godwit Stonechat The black-tailed godwits put on an ama
29 December 2015
Green
All the 'greens' today, one being a regular winter visitor from North America the other is possibly the first record for WWT Martin Mere! Starting with the potential first! There were two sightings of a male Green Woodpecker along the edge of the reserve
29 December 2015
Today's sightings
Rushy Pen The area was spooked (not sure why) around 0930hrs so very few birds remained. Bewick's Swan- 71 present at 0815hrs. Most of the flock headed out to the Dumbles for the day. Egyptian Goose- 2 present early morning. Greater Scaup- female seen ear
29 December 2015
Some familiar faces!
Bewick’s swans are very faithful to their wintering sites, so much so, that half of the swans that visit us at Slimbridge every year have been here before. Since the 1950s, the reserve has been managed to attract and accommodate thousands of tired water
29 December 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Low Grey Heron - 5 Tufted Duck - 13 Shelduck - 20 Eurasian Teal - 40 Lapwing - 1 Shoveler - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2 Goosander - 1 Other Birds Kestrel - Wet Wood - 1 Reed Bunting - Round Table P
29 December 2015
Latest Sightings - 29th December - still wet and warm
A lovely sunny morning on the reserve, if a bit breezy. The tracks are now passable with walking boots, but wellies are still recommended. With the rain forecast tomorrow, we could end up with flooding on the roads and tracks again. Both American ducks ar
29 December 2015
Wildlife sightings for 29th December 2015
1 Bittern - west end of reservoir lagoon 1 Shelduck - main lake 4 Pintail - main lake December bird highlights: Bittern, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Stonechat, Brambling, Water Pipit, Treecreeper. Bittern can be found on the main lake
29 December 2015
Today's Highlights
Great white egret - Bank Farm Black-tailed godwit - 900 Dunlin - 50 Golden plover Lapwing Redshank Wigeon Pintail Shoveler Gadwall Teal Tufted duck Pochard Stonechat - 2 Barn owl Marsh harrier
28 December 2015
Recent Sightings, 28/12/2015
British Steel Hide Black-Tailed Godwit 38 Dunlin 60 Curlew 177 Redshank 76 Knot 1 Snipe 12 Lapwing 507 Teal 56 Tufted Duck 19 Mallard 31 Wigeon 106 Pintail 183 Pochard 4 Greylag Goose 5 Cormorant 2 Brent Goose 24 Shelduck 40 Little Egret 5 Grey Heron 2 Pe
28 December 2015
Latest Sightings
The water levels are now dropping out on the reserve making access to all but the United Utilities Hide possible. The Waterfowl Gardens are still out of bounds which makes looking for the Firecrest difficult unless it spends time along the Nature Trail be
28 December 2015
Wildlife sightings for 28th December 2015
7 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 12 Siskin - South route 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge December bird highlights: Bittern, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Stonechat, Brambling, Water Pipit, Treecreeper. Bittern can be found on the m
28 December 2015