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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 01/03/2024

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Weather - Sunny/BreezyRiver Tide Level - MidWater Level - HighWader Lake SpeciesTufted Duck- 1(M) 3(F)Greylag Goose - 2Canada Goose - 15Shelduck - 33Mallard - 16Black Headed Gull - 185Herring Gull - 25Grey Heron - 14 (Heronry)Mute Swan - 1Wigeon - 1 (M)O

Wildlife Sightings - 16/04/2023

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AMRiver Wear Tide Level: LowLittle Grebe: 1Lapwing: 20Shelduck: 44Gadwall: 5Shoveler: 3Canada Goose: 12Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaBullfinch: 2Blue Tit: 4Coal Tit: 1Grey Heron: Heron Hedge

Wildlife Sightings - 19.02.2024

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Weather: bright but breezyRiver Wear Tide Level: highWader Lake SpeciesOystercatcher - 4Redshank - 19Lapwing - 74Gooseander - 1Gadwall - 2Tufted duck -21Shelduck - 41Mallard - 27Wigeon - 4Tea l - 17Canada Goose - 14Grey Heron - 42Hawthorn Wood Bird Feedin

Wildlife Sightings for 9th October 2023

News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings For 9th October 2023

3 Skylark - flying over site westward12 Siskin - flying west10 Meadow Pipit - flying west9 Redwing - flying west 9 Songthrush - flying west1 Red-Crested Pochard - reservoir lagoon6 Chiffchaff - wader scrape2 Swallow - main lake1 Pintail - main lake1 Sparr

Large warbler arrival and hirundine movement

News News And Stories News Large Warbler Arrival And Hirundine Movement

50+ Blackcap - site count 20+ Chiffchaff - site count 2 Willow Warbler - sheltered lagoon1 Sedge Warbler - sheltered lagoon 40+ House Martin - flew low over the site heading South/South West 15+ Swallow - flew low over the site heading South/South West 1

Picture this: Thriving wetlands

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Thousands of people – including government Ministers and influencers - took their photos in the interactive artwork by 3D Joe and Max and learned more about the how healthy wetlands can help tackle the climate crisis, improve water quality and boost hea

Hatchling season begins

News News And Stories News Hatchling Season Begins

Hatchling season has officially begun, and with it our collection team’s annual search for nests. Each year, we carefully remove our birds' eggs and place them in incubators at our duckery, where the youngsters are looked after by our specialist breedi

9th Spoonbill of 2024

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Our last Spoonbill sightings were in June when four immatures were noted together, this was likely to be three passage birds joining a long-stayer, they all moved on. Today's bird was the ninth individual of the year. This one appeared to be an older bir

Wildlife Sightings - 20/12/2023

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Weather: Overcast/breezyRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 40Mallard - 40Shelduck - 12Redshank - 22Canada Goose - 2Black-headed Gull - 2Teal - 35Greylag Goose - 2Grey Heron - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationBlue Tit - 10Great Tit -

Wildlife Sightings - 24/09/2020

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Weather: OvercastWind Speed: LightRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader LakeAMWater level: HighRedshank 62Lapwing 104Black-tailed godwit 11Greenshank 1Snipe 2Teal 43Gadwall 8Grey heron 4Curlew 7Saline LagoonAMTeal 11Curlew 1Redshank 1Hawthorn WoodAMNuthatch 2G

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

Wrap up and enjoy the gift of WWT Castle Espie this winter

News News And Stories News Wrap Up And Enjoy The Gift Of Wwt Castle Espie This Winter

At WWT Castle Espie we're getting ready to welcome in winter 2023 and everyone is invited to wrap up warm and take in the wonderous sights and sounds. From fantastic bird spectacles and winter woodland walks, to Elf Academy and beautiful nature illustrati

Red wings on the long path this week

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The lagoon between the Ramsar hide and the Sand martin hide is THE spot for snipe now with 19 recorded there on Tuesday morning. Teal numbers remain strong and a handful of lapwing are showing up on site each day. Look out for stonechats, redwings and gol

A thank you to our volunteers this Volunteer Week

News News And Stories News A Thank You To Our Volunteers This Volunteer Week

National Volunteering Week is celebrated this year from the 3rd of June to the 9th of June. Without volunteers, WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre wouldn’t be able to do what it does. From helping on our reserve, to supporting family activities and events,