Latest Sightings - 20th October - More Whoopers!
47 Whooper Swans on the reserve this morning. 14 are on the Folly Pond and 33 on the Whooper Pond including two families.
Plenty of Barnacle Geese around the fields and merses, and Pink-footed Geese heading inland from the roost at 8:30am.
Today's high tide 15:56, 9.4m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 9,000 inc 4 leucistics
Whooper Swans: 47
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 33
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Canada Geese 21
Teal 2
Mallard 171
Wigeon 26
Tufted Duck 43
Moorhen 4
Gadwall 1♂
Folly Pond
Whooper Swans 14
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 290
Wigeon 50
Moorhen 3
Teal Pond
Teal 14
Wigeon 1
Avenue Tower
Great Egret 1 (seen 17/10/16)
Barnacle Geese 1000+
Wigeon 100
Teal 130
Mute Swan 16
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese 6000+
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Rintail 1
Kestrel 1
Pink footed Geese 100+
Greylag Geese 20
Canada Goose 300
Pintail 200+
Wigeon 200+
Dunlin 200+
Golden Plover 100+
Knot 200+
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Yellow-browed Warbler (heard calling 17/10/16)
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The winter webcam is now showing the Whooper Pond. The first few Whooper Swans have already shown up and later in the winter we enjoy the superb spectacle of up to 300 of them along with a variety of wild ducks and geese at feed times - 11:00 and 14:00 daily
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk
