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Wildlife Sightings 18th November 2023

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13 Redwing - flying over1 Kestrel - sheltered lagoon/south route1 Snipe - marsh141 Black-headed Gull - main lake39 Teal - wader scrape35 Wigeon - across site74 Gadwall - site count

Wildlife Sightings for 23rd November 2023

News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings 23rd November 2023

1 Water Rail - sheltered lagoon1 Kestrel - south route1 Chiffchaff - reservoir lagoon39 Teal - wader scrape41 Wigeon - marsh, scrape, resr lagoon, main lake110+ Gadwall - site count

Wildlife Sightings - 22/10/19

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Weather: CloudyWind Speed: LightRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader LakeAMHigh Water LevelTeal - 70Shoveler - 7 (5 males, 2 females) Black-headed Gull - 80Shelduck - 4Redshank - 2Saline LagoonKingfisher - 1 (males)Teal - 17Little Egret - 1Black-headed Gull -

Leigh Marshall

Our Work Wetland Conservation Unit Meet The Team Leigh Marshall

Leigh Marshall Head of Reserve Management Contact details leigh.marshall@wwt.org.uk About me I have enjoyed a fruitful 34-year career in conservation working on most habitats in the UK, from a

Wildlife Sightings 30/04/2023

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Weather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 29Common Tern - 7Little Ringed Plover - 1Oystercatcher - 2Lapwing - 11Redshank - 3Tufted Duck - 12Teal - 2Shelduck - 23Shoveler - 2Gadw

Record Count!

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Wind and rain to start the day followed by wind and sunshine! Classic condition to drop some waders in and low and behold in they came. A flock of 26 Ringed Plover were on Woodend Marsh with a record flock of 8 Sanderling breaking the previous record of 7

Wildlife Sightings for 21st September 2023

News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 21st September 2023

2 Common Sandpiper - main lake1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 3 Snipe - flew from marsh to the main lake1 Little Egret - wader scrape130+ Black Headed Gull - main lake1 Garganey - scrape169 Gadwall - site count102 Shoveler - site count2 Meadow Pipit -

A summer of wildlife on our reserves

News News And Stories Blog A Summer Of Wildlife On Our Reserves

Welcome to our summer wildlife round up from WWT. Join us as we explore this summer’s highlights across our reserves, brought to you by Leigh Marshall, our Head of Reserve Management. Dive into the wonders of our wetlands and discover the amazing

Wildlife Sightings - 05/09/2021

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Weather : Sun Wind speed: Light River wear tide level: LowA.MWader lake:Teal - 45Lapwing - 95Dunlin - 3Snipe - 3Ruff - 2Curlew - 33Saline lagoon:Goosander - 8Red shank - 1Lesser black backed Gull - 1Other birds noted around site:Goldfinch - 5Great spotted

Latest sightings

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The first flocks of pink-footed geese came in on Monday. A total of 50 were seen on plover field, best seen from the United Utilities hide. This morning we have done a dawn count and there were 220 pink-footed geese roosting on the site and 1 barnacle go

Wildlife Sightings -4/12/21

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Weather: OvercastWind Speed : LightRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader LakeCanada Goose - 1Shelduck - 4Wigeon - 2Teal - 14Redshank - 7Lapwing - 2Saline LagoonKingfisher - 1Shelduck - 2Teal - 4Moorhen - 2BHG

Wildlife Sightings for 6th February 2023

News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 6th February 2023

Birds:1 Goldeneye - main lake1 Bittern - main lake1 Great Crested Grebe - main lake4 Redpoll - world wetlands1 Goldcrest - world wetlands1 Water Pipit - wader scrape3 Meadow Pipit - wader scrape1 Dartford Warbler - wader scrape6 Snipe - main lake (Headley

Warden Update

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Long stretches of hedges were planted when Steart Marshes was developed into a nature reserve. These hedges are getting to the right size and maturity for us to start laying them, taking up a lot of time for the volunteers and staff this autumn and winter

Wildlife Sightings for 27th January 2024

News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 27th January 2024

1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon1 Water Pipit - reservoir lagoon2 Shelduck - main lake41 Lapwing - main lake1 Redpoll - wildside1 Peregrine - over site

Wildlife Sightings for 20th December 2023

News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 20th December 2023

1 Goldeneye - main lake2 Shelduck - main lake1 Kestrel - south route1 Reed Bunting - south route15 Water Rail - site count (15/12)