Sightings - Llanelli
Today's bird sightings
A black redstart has been seen from the British Steel hide and two great white egrets have been seen on the estuary along with 120 curlew, 110 black tailed godwit, 265 pintail, 53 wigeon, 87 shelduck and 6 brent geese.
14 November 2012
Today's sightings
Today’s highlights include 5 water rail, peregrine, 2 spotted redshank, 13 greenshank, 102 knot, 154 black tailed godwit, 44 dunlin, 141 lapwing, 258 curlew, 78 redshank, 50 greylag goose, 68 wigeon, 124 shelduck, 570 pintail, 63 lesser black backed gul
13 November 2012
Today's sightings
Today’s highlights include brambling, red kite, 3 water rail, nuthatch, 2 peregrine, 3 spotted redshank, 8 greenshank, 358 knot, 446 black tailed godwit, 45 dunlin, 50 greylag goose, 72 wigeon, 16 little egret and 2 kestrel
5 November 2012
Today's wild bird sightings
Please note these are yesterday's sightings! Great white egret from the British Steel Hide 5 little egret 18 cormorant 630 black tailed godwit 462 knot 6 snipe 35 dunlin 12 redshank 2 spotted redshank 14 greenshank assorted wildfowl kestrel sparowhawk bu
23 October 2012
Today's sightings
325 curlew, 654 black tailed godwit, 15 redshank, 2 spotted redshank, 17 greenshank, 200 knot, 3 snipe, 21 lapwing, 18 little egret, 112 wigeon, 14 shoveler, raven and 2 grey heron
21 October 2012
Today's wild bird sightings
478 curlew 571 black tailed godwit 219 knot 58 redshank 20 greenshank 12 snipe kingfisher 51 greylag wigeon gadwall tufted duck teal mallard Pochard 5 jay 5 goldcrest 2 great spotted woodpecker green woodpecker
19 October 2012
Today's wild bird sightings
212 black tailed godwits 257 wigeon 6 knot 1 redshank 16 greenshank 20 teal 38 shoveler 16 shelduck 6 pintail 25 little egret 60 greylag goose
17 October 2012
Wild bird sightings 10 October
351 knot 21 greenshank 1 spotted redshank 68 redshank 561 black tailed godwit 40 lapwing 7 snipe 6 dunlin sparrowhawk buszzard kingfisher 23 wigeon 6 pintail teal shoveler mallard pochard gadwall tufted duck
11 October 2012
Today's sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 55 curlew 712 black tailed godwit bar tailed godwit 77 redshank 3 spotted redshank 29 greenshank 26 knot 10 snipe 55 lapwing 29 little egret 7 c
8 October 2012
Spoonbill still present plus a good selection of waders
British Steel hide/estuary spoonbill 310 curlew 670 oystercatcher 554 black tailed godwit 2 bar tailed godwit 155 redshank spotted redshank 43 greenshank 3 knot 4 snipe 4 garganey 61 wigeon 12 shoveler 62 teal 4 shoveler 35 lapwing 29 little egret 17 corm
17 September 2012
Migration update
Curlew Between 40,000 and 50,000 migratory wildfowl and waders travel to the Burry Inlet to spend the winter every year. This year, we saw the unprecedented early arrival in July of hundreds of these birds due to cold weather and flooding resulting i
7 September 2012
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300 curlew 459 black tailed godwits 26 greenshank 248 redshank 1 spotted redshank 1 ruff 45 lapwing spoonbill cormorants littel egrets 21 wigeon gadwall teal shoveler kingfisher
30 August 2012
New species of damselfly arrives in Wales
Small red-eyed damselfly at WWT Llanelli (Mark Hipkin) Small red-eyed damselflies have been recorded on the reserve here at WWT Llanelli, and according to the British Dragonfly Society, they are the first recorded any
24 August 2012
Today's wildlife sightings
At least 20 small red eyed damselflies have been seen from the Peter Scott hide and the fishing platforms around the millennium wetlands. Other sightings include: spoonbill 3 garganey 49 greenshank 2 ruff green sandpiper 375 black tailed godwit 28 little
22 August 2012
Todays' wildlife sightings
Over 50 small red eyed damselfly have been seen around the Peter Scott Hide and fishing platforms in the Millennium Wetlands. Green sandpiper 19 little egret 487 curlew 295 black tailed godwit 44 greenshank 211 redshank curlew sandpiper 2 ruff spot
20 August 2012