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Reserve Update Monday 7th January
Blustery start to the day but this is proving ideal for wader watching. Mixed flock of over 300 Golden Plover and Lapwing in the Lochar field. This field has also been good recently for Redshank, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit and Dunlin so do have a sca
7 January 2019
Jack Snipe and Common Snipe on the wader scrape
(Snipe) 2 Bittern - main lake (North shore). Headley and Dulverton Hides 6 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Snipe - scrape(4), main lake(2) 2 Jack Snipe - scrape December/January bird highlights: Shelduc
7 January 2019
Wild Winter Weekend Day 2
Rushy Hide Just under 100 Bewick's Swans were present at dawn plus the usual gathering of Greylag and Canada Geese, Pintail, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Shelduck, Coot and Moorhen. The lower pond holding Teal and Lapwing. Martin Smith Hide Good views a
6 January 2019
Latest Sightings
Overcast but not particularly cold in the light winds today. Solid numbers of wildfowl using the reserve with fifteen species of swan, geese and duck present with upwards of 15,000 birds; Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Geese, Greylag, Canada, She
6 January 2019
Today's sightings
Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag goose Canada goose Barnacle goose White-fronted goose x 8 Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Tufted duck Cormorant Coot Moorhen Little egret Curlew x 10 Black-ta
6 January 2019
Kingfisher in Wildside
Kingfisher by Alec Pelling 1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 3 Pintail - main lake 5 Snipe - wader scrape 2 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - Wildside 1 Kestrel - shel
6 January 2019
Wild Winter Saturday
The drake Goldeneye is still present but no sign yet of the female. The drake has occasionally disappeared from the South Lake, but we've refound him on the Big Pen next to the Visitor Centre, so keep an eye open as your cross the boardwalk. Martin Smi
5 January 2019
Bewick's Swan
After no sightings on the reserve during the winter period 2017-18, 2 Bewick's Swan flew onto the reserve late afternoon. The decline of wintering Bewick's Swan has been dramatic given the record count at Martin Mere is 1046 during the winter of 1990-91.
5 January 2019
Today's sightings
Ring-necked duck (main observatory) Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose White-fronted goose x 7 Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Ringed teal Pochard Tufted duck Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Great egret Littl
5 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Saturday 5th January
Still no sign of the Green-winged Teal since it was seen on the 2nd January. The two Greater Scaup are still on the Whooper Pond, one of them appears to have some Tufted Duck in it's ancestry as it shows a Tufted Duck bill (completely dark tip, as opposed
5 January 2019
Pintail showing well today
Northern Pintail at Slimbridge by James Lees 2 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 7 Pintail - main lake 1 Shelduck - main lake 71 Lapwing - main lake 4 Snipe - wader scrape 17 Redwing - flew over heading SW 1 Water Pip
5 January 2019
Have a wild winter at Martin Mere Wetland Centre
At Martin Mere Wetland Centre we’re here for you and for wildlife 364 days a year, so don’t let a little thing like the weather put you off spending a day in the great outdoors. This Christmas holiday, throw on a coat, grab your wellies and head out f
4 January 2019
A chilly Friday
A pair of Goldeneye arrived on the deep lake of the South Lake mid-morning and were a nice treat. The species is less than annual on the reserve, with adult males even scarcer. Otherwise it was a rather cold start with many of the shallower waterbodie
4 January 2019
Great White Egret again
The Great White Egret was reported again distantly from Harrier Hide, also a Peregrine on view from here. A Water Rail has been showing from Ron Barker Hide in the ditch in front of the hide and a Chiffchaff was seen by Kingfisher hide yesterday. Up to 70
4 January 2019
Wildlife sightings 04/01/19
a.m. low tide Wader Lake lapwing 110 snipe 2 shelduck 11 teal 7 redshank water rail Saline lagoon Curlew 83 Teal 5 Jay Hawthorn Wood Brambling 9 Chaffinch 22 Goldfinch 2 Greenfinch 4 Lesser redpoll 6 Willow tit 2 Long tailed tit 6 nuthatch 2 Great spotted
4 January 2019