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Wildlife Sightings- 05/06/2022

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Weather: overcast/ChillyRiver wear tide level: highA.M Wader lake:Avocet - 51Common Tern - 182Lapwing - 10Oystercatcher - 3Shelduck - 45Tuffted Duck - 10Gadwall - 5Teal - 3Shoveler - 2Swallow - 3Sedge Warbler - 1Black headed Gull - 131Herring Gull - 2Cana

Wildlife Sightings - 29/11/2023

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Weather: snow + SunshineRiver Wear Tide Level: lowWader Lake SpeciesBuzzard - 1 ( in treeline)Kestrel - 1 (singing) ( on meadow)Teal - 30Canada Goose - 1Herring Gulls - 10Black-headed Gulls - 13Moorhen - 5(On footpath)Goldfinch - 15Hawthorn Wood Bird Feed

Arctic Tern

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An Adult Arctic Tern graced the Mere just before 1pm for about 10 mins before disappearing into the murky drizzle. Scarce birds on the reserve despite local breeders along the Ribble Estuary.Still big numbers of Black-tailed Godwits with 2000+ on the Mere

Wildlife Sightings 06/07/2023

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Weather: Bright warm day / slight showersRiver wear tide level: midA.M Wader lake:Avocet - 46Lapwing - 4Redshank - 8Black-headed Gull - 107Common Tern - 82Gadwall - 8Shoveler - 2Shelduck - 6Tufted Duck - 6Grey Heron - 11Oystercatcher - 1Med + B.H Gull - 1

Wildlife Sightings - 21/06/22

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Weather: SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesSwallow - 3Grey Heron - 18 (13 juvenile in hedge)Avocet - 25 & 13 chicksReed Warbler - 1Oystercatcher - 3 & 2 chicksCommon Tern - 127 & 7 chicksLapwing - 5 & 5 chicksShelduck - 12 & 23 chicksShove

Health and Wellbeing Visits on the up at Steart Marshes

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One way or another, the covid-19 pandemic has meant that 2020 was a very different year for all of us. This has certainly been the case at Steart Marshes. During these extraordinary times we have managed to stay open throughout and have seen a distinct ch

Wildlife sightings 2/11/2011

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Weather SunnyRiver Wear tide LEVEL ..MIDWader Lake SpeciesBlack Tailed Godwit -10Red Shank -17Lapwing -8Curlew -4Shell Duck -4Teal -27Grey Heron -2Golden eye -1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationWillow Tit -1Coal Tit -7Blue Tit -6Great Tit -4Gold Finch -1G

wildlife sightings 24/11/20

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Weather - Cold, over cast with light winds, tide level lowWader Lake: Shelduck 18, Moorhen 5, Teal 5, Grey Heron (meadow) 1, Black headed Gull 28, Redshank 4Saline Lagoon: Grey Heron 3, Teal 28, Redshank 1Hawthorn wood hide: Goldfinch 4, Great spotted wo

Wildlife Sightings- 03/07/2022

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Weather: Overcast /slight breezeRiver wear tide level: HighA.MWader Lake:Avocet - 32+14 chicksTeal - 4Lapwing - 6+4 ChicksCommon Tern - 73+18 ChicksBlack-headed Gull - 77+20 ChicksGadwall - 2Shelduck - 5+15 ChicksGrey Heron - 12Tufted duck - 1Mallard - 5+

Nature reserve

Wetland Centres Martin Mere Experience Nature Reserve

Nature reserve Martin Mere, near Ormskirk, in Lancashire is where wilderness and family-friendliness combine. A survey in 2002 recorded well over 2,000 different species of birds, mammals, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles and mini-beas

Common Terns

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The Common Terns nesting on the Mere this year so far seem to be doing very well with the second pair hatching at least 2 chicks this morning, so that's at least 5 chicks on that island and another pair hopefully to hatch more young on the second island.T

Wildlife Sightings for 11th January 2024

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1 Marsh Harrier - over2 Stonechat - wader scrape1 Sparrowhawk - reservoir lagoon15 Siskin - south route1 Kestrel - south route2 Peregrine - main lake2 Snipe - marsh160+ Shoveler - site 67 Lapwing - main lake

Wildlife Sightings - 02/10/2022

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Weather: SunnyRiver Wear tide level: midA.MWader Lake:Redshank - 73Teal - 11Black-tailed Godwit - 14Grey Heron - 2Black-headed Gull - 18Lapwing - 51Curlew - 4Snipe - 1Robin - 1Hawthorn wood:Nuthatch - 2Blue tit - 3Great tit - 4Greenfinch - 5Wiillow tit -

wildlife Sightings - 03/10/2021

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Weather:overcast / sunny/ cold Wind speed: blustery River wear tide levelA.MWader lake:Teal - 33Black headed gull - 1Moorhen - 9Saline lagoon:Gre heron - 1Black headed Gull - 2Other birds noted around site:Lesser black-back Gull - 2 (River wear)Cormerant

Iceland Gull again this morning on the main lake

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1 Iceland Gull - main lake (WWF hide), grazing marsh (Peacock Tower)1 Yellow-legged Gull - grazing marsh 4 Pintail - reservoir lagoon5 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake (in front of main observatory)2+ Stonechat - grazing marsh, wildside2 Water Pipit - gra