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Wetland wildlife in November As the golden days of autumn fade to winter, the last of our long-distance migrants are arriving from their breeding grounds in the high arctic, escaping the cold. Other birds such as raptors, water rail and bittern
Latest Sightings
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Finally some hot weather has arrived and it is really bringing out the wildlife. This week we have begun to see our first avocet chicks out on The Mere and Woodend Marsh. Two Mediterranean Gulls have been hanging around on the mere within the Black Headed
Wildlife Sightings - 18/09/2021
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Weather:overcastWind speed:lowRiver wear tide level: lowA.M Wader lake:Lapwing - 87Curlew - 1Teal - 48Grey heron - 2Moorhen - 12Wood Pigeon - 2Saline lagoon:Greay heron - 2Teal - 4Other birds noted around site:Mute swan - 1 (river)Redshank - 3 (river)Lap
Wildlife Sightings for 15th April 2023
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2 Shelduck - main lake2 Sedge Warbler - sheltered lagoon, wildside reedbeds2 Reed Warbler - main lake, wildside reedbeds2 Willow Warbler - wader scrape, south route2 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape2 Oystercatcher - main la
Wildlife Sightings - 03/08/19
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Wader Lake - AM - Low TideAvocet - 30Black-tailed godwit - 8Redshank - 14Greenshank - 1Common snipe - 6Common sandpiper - 1Green sandpiper - 2Lapwing - 180Common tern - 24Shelduck - 10Saline LagoonCommon tern - 3Redshank - 3Mute swan - 1Canada goose - 31H
Recent Sightings 31st July - 6th August
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Saline and Freshwater Lagoon The wood sandpiper has been spotted on the dafen scrapes a few times again this week. In addition, a good number of lapwing, including a few juveniles, have been on the scrapes. Finally, the barnacle geese have moved to the da
Wildlife sightings for 3rd October 2020
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2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon52 Wigeon - site count1 Little Egret - grazing marsh2 Swallow - main lake15 House Martin - main lakeDragonflies: (late September) Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter,
Wildlife sightings for 16th October 2022
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Birds:1 Firecrest - world wetlands1 Goldcrest - world wetlands2 Coal Tit - world wetlands6 Stonechat - marsh, scrape1 Pintail - reservoir lagoon20+ Chiffchaff - site count1 Willow Warbler - wildside2 Reed Bunting - marsh, entrance3 Snipe - marsh, main lak
Kingfisher and winter thrushes
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A kingfisher was showing well from the Scrape this past week. It can be spotted around the site. (photos above by visitor Alec Pelling on Sat 25 Nov).Sightings of redwings, mistle thrush, song thrush, goldcrest, firecrest and black caps as well as mixed t
Wildlife sightings 20/07/2021
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Weather:sunny River Wear Tide Level:mid A.MWader Lake:Oystercatcher - 2 Black Tailed Godwit - 3Lapwing - 300+Black Headed Gull - 74Moorhen - 5Common tern - 80Redshank - 4Shelduck - 40Avocet - 8Curlew - 3Grey heron - 9Saline lagoon:Lapwing - 4Redshank - 3C
Great Egret-spectations
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The reserve has been nice and busy with different wildlife recently. The Great white egret pictured above (photo credit David Pickett) has been busy hunting in several different locations on the site this week. Mostly seen on the Folly pond, but also seen
Latest sightings
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Today was WeBS - Wetland Bird Survey, which is a coordinated BTO survey we do every month along with wetland sites all over the country, its gret to great to get a snapshot of how many wetland birds are using the site (unfortunately the black-tailed godwi
Curlew Sandpipers
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A running update as news comes in today... Five Curlew Sandpiper dropped in on the Mere briefly at 10.30am, they maybe present on site.Four Green sandpiper were flushed by a Marsh Harrier in front of the Ron Barker Hide early afternoon. Three Little Ringe
Wildlife Sightings 3/06/2023
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Weather: SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesAvocet (2 broods with 3 chicks each) - 36 + 6 chicksOystercatcher (1 brood - 3 chicks + 1 pair nesting) - 4 + 3 chicksLapwing - 5Redshank - 2Common Tern - 240B.H. Gull (fir
Wildlife Sightings for 28th April 2023
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1 Whimbrel - main lake2 Wheatear - marsh4 Garden Warbler - south route (Dulverton hide)1 Yellow Wagtail - marsh1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape3 Snipe - marsh, wader scrape1 Whinchat - marsh20+ Reed Warbler - across t