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04/04/2023
News News And Stories News 04042023
Weather: sunny, cold,breezyRiver wear tide level: lowA.MWader lake:Mute Swan - 1Coot - 9Greylag - 5Canada Goose - 13Oystercatcher - 2Tufted duck - 2Gadwall - 2Lapwing - 1black-headed Gull - 2Hawthorn wood:Blue tit - 4Great tit - 4Golfinch - 1Coal tit - 1C
Become a Wetlands detective this Easter at Castle Espie
News News And Stories News Become A Wetlands Detective This Easter At Castle Espie
Join WWT Castle Espie for a quacking family day out as a Wetland Detective 6th -16th April, 11 - 1pm and 2 - 4pm each day. Explore, discover, put your senses to the test to succeed and complete the trail this Easter. Investigate underwater mysteries, fo
Wildlife Sightings - 03/02/2023
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings 03022023
Weather: CloudyRiver Wear tide level: lowA.MWader lake:Shelduck - 9Canada Goose - 2Grey Heron - 21Teal - 40Lapwing - 47Moorhen - 7Mallard - 2Black-headed Gull - 131Redshank - 2Herring Gull - 11Mute Swan - 1Hawthorn wood:Bullfinch - 5Goldfinch - 2Coal tit
Freedom for fish in the Severn Vale after old waterways restored as part of 1.3m project
News News And Stories Blog Freedom For Fish In The Severn Vale After Old Waterways Restored As Part Of 13m Project
Struggling salmon, and a wide range of other migratory fish species, will now have improved passage along the River Frome following the rewetting of an old channel (palaeochannel) at Bond’s Mill in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. After weeks of work rem
Wildlife Sightings - 21/012023
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings 21012023
Weather: Clear/Bright,ColdRiver Wear tide level: lowA.MWader lake: FrozenJay - 1Great tit - 1Blue tit - 2Black bird - 1 (Footpath)Hawthorn wood:Great-spotted woodpecker - 1Bullfinch - 3Chaffinch - 5Dunnock - 1Robin - 1Nuthatch - 1Black bird - 3Coa
Wildlife Sightings - 07/12/2022
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings 07122022
Weather: Bright, clear, chillyRiver wear tide level: LowWader lake species:Herring Gull - 43Black - headed Gull - 58moorhen - 4Lapwing - 42Magpie - 1Hawthorn wood bird feeding station:Chaffinch - 6Great spotted woodpecker - 2Nuthatch - 1Goldfinch - 1Bullf
Wildlife Sightings - 07/02/2020
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Weather: Overcast/ DullWind Speed: LightRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader LakeAMWater Level: HighShelduck- 22Canada Goose- 9Wigeon- 3 (2 male, 1 female)Shoveler- 2 (1 male, 1 female)Lapwing- 53Black- Headed Gull- 35Herring Gull- 6Hawthorn WoodAMNuthatch- 1D
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Sustainability For us, sustainability means making the best use of our resources while minimising our impacts on the environment and society. Our founder, Sir Peter Scott, had an early and instinctive appreciation of its basic principles of sus
Wildlife Sightings - 13/10/2022
News News And Stories News Wildlife Sightings 13102022
Weather: Sunny/clearRiver Wear Tide Level: lowA.MWader Lake:Teal - 13Black-headed Gull - 20Redshank - 1Lapwing - 71Shoveler - 2Moorhen - 27Robin - 1Dunnock - 1Hawthorn Wood:Great tit - 2Bullfinch - 4Coal tit - 1Blue tit - 3Chaffinch - 1Magpie - 2Greenfinc
Wildlife Sightings - 16/06/2023
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Weather: sunnyRiver wear tide level: lowA.MWader lake:Avocet - 32Oystercatcher - 2 + 3 ChicksLapwing - 6 +1 ChicksCommon Snipe - 3Redshank - 3Common Tern - 140 + 8 ChicksBlack-headed Gull - 107 + 16 ChicksCommon Gull - 14Med Gull - 1Gadwall - 22Shoveler -
Rapid thaw and peak Bewick's Swan count
News News And Stories News Rapid Thaw
The cold spell has broken, a rapid thaw has opened the door to waders and wildfowl around the reserve. Rushy Hide/Peng ObservatoryAfter yesterday's count of 105 Bewick's Swans we noted a least 103 at the roost site this morning. We have 25 cygnets (juveni
6 November 2023 sightings- White-rumped Sandpiper
News News And Stories News 6 November 2023 Sightings
Apologies for the lack of updates, we are very short staffed and have, as always been very busy with no time to do update a blog post.We have a back up in the form of our Twitter feed so you can always click on the link to catch up.https://twitter.com/sli
Recent Sightings 5th - 11th November
News News And Stories News Recent Sightings 5th 11th November
A pleasant sighting this week on the Freshwater Lagoon were 6 Pochard on Friday morning. This is a threatened species, so it's nice to see them on site. Hopefully we will see more over the coming weeks as they migrate from Scandinavia and Russia to overwi
Wildlife Sightings - 20/10/2022
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Weather: rainingRiver Wear tide level: midA.MWader lake:Teal - 91Moorhen - 17Dunlin - 2Grey Heron - 1Hawthorn Wood:Willow tit - 1Coal tit - 2Greenfinch - 3Chaffinch - 12Bullfinch - 3Robin - 1Dunnock - 2Nuthatch - 1Great tit - 5Blue tit - 6Other birds note
Wildlife Sightings - 24/07/2023
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Weather: overcastRiver wear tide level: highA.MWader lake:Little Egret - 1Common Sandpiper - 1Oystercatcher - 2Avocet - 27Redshank - 44Lapwing - 198Ruff - 3Curlew - 4Shelduck - 15Gadwall - 10 + 8 youngTufted duck - 2 + 1 youngCommon Tern - 11 + 2 youngGre