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Wildlife Sightings 14/10/2023
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Weather: cold bit sunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesWater Level: LowRedshank - 3Curlew - 6Teal - 18Common buzzard - 2Sparrow hawk - 1Grey heron - 1 juvenileSaline Lagoon SpeciesCurlewBlack-tailed GodwitCommon SnipeOther Bird Species NotedKe
Latest Sightings
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The current windy weather has seen the majority of the birds on site hunkering down to shelter from the wind. Discovery hide is proving good for views of the black-tailed godwit and ruff on the apron, picking any grain out of the cracks in the hard standi
Wildlife sightings 19/10/2022
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River Wear Tide Level: MidRedshank 11Black-headed gull 12Dunlin 3Nuthatch 1Great Tit 5Willow Tit 1Bullfinch 3Chaffinch 1Grey Heron ... River Wear 1Cormorant ... River Wear 1Goosander .... River Wear 1Tufted Duck
Wildlife Sightings - 19/04/2023
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Weather: Overcast / drizzleA.MShelduck - 18+6 ChicksAvocet - 19Lapwing - 7Shoveler - 1Oystercatcher - 1Canada Goose - 19Hawthorn Wood:Robin - 2Dunnock - 1Blue Tit - 1Goldfinch - 2Other birds noted around site:Shelduck - 9 (River wear)Oystercatcher - 2 (Ri
Wildlife Sightings for 9th May 2023
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3 Common Tern - sheltered lagoon, reservoir lagoon2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape2 Oystercatcher - main lake15+ Swift - migrating over site4 Swallow - over site40-50 Sand Martin - over site1 Garden Warbler - sheltered lagoon3
Wildlife sightings for 14th December 2022
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2 Stonechat - scrape1 Skylark - over NW65 Redwing - wildside plus flying over W+N2 Brambling - over N12 Siskin - wildside, south route13 Meadow Pipit - marsh plus flying over NW/N53 Lapwing - main lake1 Jack Snipe - main lake1 Snipe - in reedbeds on south
Sunshine and Sandpipers
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Very sunny but chilly weather over the past couple of days with few new arrivals, but still lots of variety to be seen. At least 2 Common Sandpipers on site at the moment, with the first bird on the Mere yesterday, although with several sightings from var
Adopt a wetland at Martin Mere
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Adopt a wetland at Martin Mere The wetlands at WWT Martin Mere are fragile, and need protection and maintenance. WWT Martin Mere is a vital safe haven for threatened species, and you can adopt your own wetland plot to help protect v
Wildlife Sighting - 28/10/2023
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AMWeather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 68Goosander - 4Mallard - 15Lapwing - 4Black-headed Gull - 23Curlew - 1Grey Heron - 1Moorhen - 3Woodpigeon - 2Domestic Mall
Water rail and snipe arriving for winter
News News And Stories News Water Rail And Snipe Arriving For Winter
Water rails are being seen and mostly heard around the site this week. Their contact call is a pig like squeal. We see a few water rail onsite year around but numbers increase in autumn with birds arriving from mainland Europe to winter on our wetlands.
Wildlife Sightings - 1/11/2023
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AMWeather: rainRiver Wear Tide Level: midWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 65Black-headed Gull - 12Herring Gull - 2Grey Heron - 1 juvenileRedshank - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationWillow tit - 1Robin - 2Goldfinch - 1Brambling - 1Coal tit - 3Great-spotted Woodp
Curlew tracking
Our Work Projects Eurasian Curlew Recovery Curlew Tracking
Tracking curlew in the Severn & Avon Vale Tracking paused during breeding season. Whilst the birds are at their breeding sites, we have temporarily suspended updates from their tags to the tracking page. When migration commence
Willow tit
Our Work Projects Willow Tit
Willow tit Already extinct across much of southern England, the willow tit is a lover of our wet woodlands, where it likes to nest in rotting trees. The British willow tit is the UK’s fastest declining resident bird and is now rarer than the
Maurice Durham
Our Work Wetland Conservation Unit Meet The Team Maurice Durham
Maurice Durham Conservation Evidence Volunteer Contact details maurice.durham@wwt.org.uk About me I have been interested in wildlife since a very early age, but it was never part of my professi
Wildlife Sightings for 6th May 2023
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2 Garganey - marsh1 Yellow Wagtail - wader scrape3 Common Tern - main lake2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape2 Oystercatcher - main lake100+ Swift - migrating over site throughout the day40-50 Sand Martin - over site30+ Reed Warbler - across site11 Sedg