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December Wetland Bird Survey Counts and latest update
News News And Stories News December Wetland Bird Survey Counts And Latest Update
Highlights for today Tuesday 19 December.Tack PieceA Grey Plover was among the Golden Plover flock at lunchtime, waders numbers built up rapidly after mid-morning, the Bewick's Swans moved here from other fields and the Rushy. 18 Russian White-fronted Gee
Latest Sightings
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It's been a busy week for the Reserve Team! Lots of surveys and early mornings, but this means an abundance of lovely species sightings! We did a Butterfly Survey last Tuesday and found a total of 21 individuals - the species found include; Green-veined W
Wildlife Sightings for 8th July 2023
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1 Sparrowhawk - over site1 Little Egret - reservoir lagoon4 Common Tern - main lake 10-15 Swift - over main lake5 Reed Bunting juvs - south route, sheltered lagoon40+ Sand Martin - over siteLots of juvenile birds around the site including Great Spotted W
Whitethroat new for the year.
News News And Stories News Whitethroat New For The Year
Another chilly start. Looking forward to the week progressing into some proper spring weather. A Whitethroat singing towards the end of Long Hedge was new for the year, joining Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap and Cetti's Warbler all vocal today throu
Black-winged Stilt
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A Black-winged Stilt was a new arrival on the reserve today, previous records of up to six 19-23 April 2017 and another record of a pair prior to this. This bird was extremely mobile and was seen on almost every shallow waterbody on site. Estuary Tower53
Cold weather brings swan fall!
News Wetland Centres Slimbridge Diaries Bewicks Swan Diary Cold Weather Brings Swan Fall
Dipping temperatures encouraged thousands more Bewick’s swans to push on with their migration through Europe over the weekend, triggering a ‘swan fall’ at Slimbridge! Numbers on the reserve jumped from 25 on Friday to 63 today which kept swan res
Curlew close ups
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Tack PieceThe curlew flock has been pretty special in here all week, 120 birds today and many packed into the near part of the field getting protection from the strong winds. The redshank (45) and ruff (4) are very active here as well. Over 1000 wigeon wi
Influx of first summer Black-headed Gulls
News News And Stories News Influx Of First Summer Black Headed Gulls
Numbers of Black-headed Gulls increased with 260 first winter/summer birds arriving to feed in the fields and floods and rest on South Lake. At least 370 birds were counted mid-morning. Estuary TowerA light Meadow Pipit passage Northbound (16 birds in 10
This weeks summary 141120
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Estuary Tower and walkway.The Dumbles have remained flooded and are being used by a large combined flock of over 1000 Greylag, Canada, Barnacle and a single Pinkfoot . Large flocks of Lapwing (1800), Golden Plover (600) and Dunlin (500) are moving between
Have an eek!citing half term at Llanelli Wetland Centre this spooky season
News News And Stories News Have An Eekciting Half Term At Llanelli Wetland Centre This Spooky Season
Families can put their courage to the test as they explore the eek!citing and mysterious world of wetland nature this October half term at Llanelli Wetland Centre. From the feathered and furred to the slimy and scaly, there are some truly weird and won
Sightings round-up
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Large numbers of wildfowl, particularly Pink-footed Geese (20,000+) and Whooper Swans (c.1,000) on the reserve at the moment means this weekend's North West Birdwatching Festival should get off to a great start. The picture above was taken at around 4.30
Bewick's Are Back
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Warming climate and storms see Bewick's make latest arrival at Slimbridge since 1965.On the 16 November the first of this year’s Bewick’s swans arrived at WWT Slimbridge. This was the latest they have arrived on site since 1965. Experts are linking th
Improving habitat for waterbirds: the Dafen Scrapes Project at Llanelli
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By creating new islands, scrapes and pools we have improved the habitat to suit the needs of waterbirds such as lapwing. The new landscape is hoped to attract oystercatcher and avocet that don't currently breed here, as well as benefiting other species su
Back to sunshine
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We're at the start of a warm spell with the morning being wall to wall blue skies and rising temperatures.9:40am - As yet no sign of the Little Bustard but several birders on site looking from the special viewpoint set up on the seawall along the Summer W
Generation Wild Wins Gold!
News News And Stories News Generation Wild Wins Gold
We're delighted to announce that Generation Wild, our nature connection project for primary schools, has won Gold in the education category at this year’s BIAZA awards.The project engages with primary school children from disadvantaged areas through sto