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Recent Sightings 21st June 2021
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The following sightings were taken on Monday from the reserve at Castle Espie at high tide. A breezy start to the week saw lots of gulls in the air around the reserve. Gulls have been a familiar feature on the reserve at Castle Epsie for a number of yea
A week of raptor watching
News News And Stories News A Week Of Raptor Watching
With a busy week on the ground as we get the site ready to reopen on Monday 12th April, we've been distracted by the skies above with lots of raptor action this week.We've had at least two Osprey pass up the estuary this week, the first on Wednesday morni
Castle Espie to host BBC Two’s Winterwatch 2022
News News And Stories News Castle Espie To Host Bbc Twos Winterwatch 2022
WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre has been selected as one of three live locations across the UK to host BBC Two’s popular wildlife programme Winterwatch. Following on from the huge success of BBC Autumnwatch earlier this year the watchers will again b
Great egret around all week
News News And Stories News Great Egret Around All Week
A great egret has been onsite all week, moving between the lagoon at Ramsar and Sand martin hides and the water at Scrape hide. We are getting up to 14 little egrets in to roost at the end of the day. Visitor Martin Watson took this photo of the great egr
First Little Ringed Plover of the spring spotted
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2 Bittern - reservoir lagoon3 Shelduck - wader scrape, main lake1 Goldeneye - main lake8 Mandarin - wildside9 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh43 Redwing - entrance lake bank 14:3034 Fieldfare - entrance lake bank 14:302 Sis
Giant 3D wetland mural to visit Llanelli Wetland Centre on UK tour
News News And Stories News Giant 3d Wetland Mural To Visit Llanelli Wetland Centre On Uk Tour
A 20ft long interactive wetland mural will visit Llanelli Wetland Centre on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February, during its tour of the UK. Commissioned by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and originally unveiled in Bristol on 2 February 2023, t
Mass Swift arrival and first Lapwing chicks of the year
News News And Stories News Mass Swift Arrival
SwiftsBy early afternoon we had at least 160 Swifts feeding over the reserve, the majority were over the wet fields and marshes looking North East from the Estuary Tower but they were also screaming around the tower, visitor centre, Duck Decoy and South L
Warning bell sounds for threatened wetlands worldwide
News News And Stories News Warning Bell Sounds For Threatened Wetlands Worldwide
Our founder Sir Peter Scott was an artist who captured the wild beauty of our natural environment. He wanted people to ‘fall in love with it again’, and knew that art can be a very powerful tool for engagement.This year, WWT have combined forces with
Top 10(ish) rare birds at WWT in 2023
News News And Stories Blog Top 10ish Rare Birds At Wwt In 2023
But which have been the stand-out rarities? As a new year begins, we asked one of WWT’s resident birders, Content Creator Sam Walker, to give us his personal favourites. So if you're new to birding, or thinking of getting back into birdwatching this
Recent Sightings 28th June 2021
News News And Stories News Recent Sightings 28th June 2021
The following sightings were taken on Monday from the reserve at Castle Espie on a receding tide. A regular and common site currently on the Crannóg is the Moorhen family, sometimes referred to as ‘Waterhens’ or ‘Swamp chickens’. These birds ca
Recent Sightings 19th - 24th February
News News And Stories News Recent Sightings 19th 24th February
British Steel HideFriday mornings bird count saw a good variety of birds just after high tide, a Ruff was feeding amongst the Black-tailed Godwits; continue to be seen quite often resting in the 2nd Saline Lagoon; Redshank, Greenshank, Dunlin, Lapwing and
Recent Sightings 14th June 2021
News News And Stories News Recent Sightings 14th June 2021
The following sightings were taken on Monday from the reserve at Castle Espie on a low tide. The male Shoveler has now been joined by another on the Freshwater lagoon. In addition to these ducks there are also Teal, Tufted, Gadwall and Mallard, with the
Kittiwakes and a spring migrant
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Estuary TowerA very windy night (thanks to Storm Jorge) was followed up with blustery and showery weather, a few Kittiwake were seen making their way up the Severn during the day, these birds probably carry on and migrate overland to the East coast. It w
Oystercatchers on Eggs
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Our Oystercatcher pair on the Teal Pond raft are now down on eggs. At least one egg has been seen so far but if you happen to catch sight of any more while visiting then please do let us know. Small bird activity around the site is really picking up. I
Lapwings and oystercatcher pairs
News News And Stories News Lapwings And Oystercatcher Pairs
Lapwing males have been nest scraping and at least two females appear to be on nests opposite the Ramsar hide. One pair of oystercatchers have been flitting between Pelican Cove and Arun Riverlife lagoon - this is likely the pair that has been nestinhg