News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 16th April 2024
20 Blackcap - site count36 Reed Warbler - site count2 Sedge Warbler - reed bed and reservoir lagoon2 Wheatear - marsh 2 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh1 Swallow - grazing marsh 1 Little Egret - grazing marsh2 Little Grebe - grazing marsh, wader scrape2 Oys
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings 21st November 2023
1 Water Pipit - marsh20 Lesser Redpoll and Siskin - wildside14 Fieldfare - over, heading north7 Siskin - over, heading west2 Stonechat - marsh / reedbeds1 Redwing - world wetlands1 Chiffchaff - wildside200 Starling - roosting3 Great Crested Grebe - main l
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It has been a busy weekend at Martin Mere with three rarities on site.The first bird to arrive was a curlew sandpiper first seen on Woodend Marsh on Saturday morning and it has stuck around for a couple of days and is still on site as of Monday afternoon
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 15th October 2023
3 Water Rail - wildside, reservoir lagoon, reedbeds3 Stonechat - marsh, wader scrape4 Chiffchaff - wader scrape2 Goldcrest - wildside2 Kingfisher - wildside, main lake2 Meadow Pipit - marsh2 Sparrowhawk - main lake, marsh1 Garganey - main lake1 Red-Creste
News News And Stories News Lots Of Lapwing Still On Site
Flock of 100+ lapwing still onsite most days, not broken up yet for spring. You will hear the occasional slide-whistle display calls when individual males taking to the air. Mixed groups of tits in the Woodland Loop (including a coal tit) with chaffinc
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It has been a busy week with lots of different chicks all over the reserve. On the mere we have shelduck ducklings as well as the first black-headed gull chicks on the islands. Look out for these little bundles of fluff amongst the vegetation. The blue ti
News News And Stories News Bird Sightings For 29th April 2020
50 Swift - feeding high over reserve44 Reed Warbler - site count1 Yellow Wagtail - marsh8 Sedge Warbler - site count8 Reed Bunting - site count4 Chiffchaff - site count14 Cetti's Warbler - site count5 Song Thrush - site count3 Swallow - feeding over marsh
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
News News And Stories Blog Creating A New Generation Of Nature Lovers
PhD student Nicola Parkin has been researching the impact of Generation Wild and the role played by teachers in delivering the project. We caught up with her to find out what they’ve been telling her. What is Generation Wild? Generation Wild creat
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 12th October 2023
3 Avocet - main lake1 Green Sandpiper - main lake1 Snipe - marsh1 Great Crested Grebe - main lake7 Chiffchaff - between main lake and wader scrape2 Stonechat - wader scrape2 Little Egret - wader scrape1 Peregrine - flying west over site1 Kestrel - south r
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings 5th November 2023
1 Great Crested Grebe - main lake90+ Gadwall - site count40+ Wigeon - site count40+ Teal - site count15+ Shoveler - site count2 Stonechat - reedbed1 Goldcrest - wildside194 Black Headed Gull - main lake27 Herring Gull - main lake3 Lesser Black Backed Gull
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Weather = Overcast/ WindyRiver Wear Tide Level = HighWader Lake SpeciesSand Martin - 4Black Tailed Godwit - 5Avocet - 3Redshank - 38Green Shank - 1Curlew - 1Lapwing - 45Black Headed Gull - 85Herring Gull - 5Teal - 6Shelduck - 2 + 15 (J)Grey Herron - 3Hawt
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AMWeather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 19Shelduck - 8 + 6 ducklingsSand Martin - 20 +Common Tern - 43Gadwall - 7Black-headed Gull - 156Tufted Duck - 4Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationWillow Tit - 1Goldfinch - 3Greenfinc
Our Work Projects Spoon Billed Sandpipers Spoonie Update
Spoon-billed sandpiper update Autumn 2023 Headstarting slows the population decline The spoonie population was believed to be declining at a staggering rate of 26% every year between 2002 and 2009. As you may recall, that rapid drop in numb
News News And Stories News 23 May 2019 The Chips Are Down Miracle Birds Hatched From Muddy Potato Eggs Return Thousands Of Miles To Rearing Site
Miracle black-tailed godwits hand-reared at WWT Welney after their eggs were freed from muddy farmland have flown thousands of miles home for summer. Experts were doubtful the eggs, encased in dirt, would survive but despite the dim outlook, the