Latest Sightings - 7th October - over 6000 Barnies now!
More Barnacle Geese have arrived overnight with a fantastic 8318 on the reserve this morning!
The Great Egret is amongst the Barnies out on the merse.
13 Whooper Swans are on the Folly Pond, but they are very mobile at present, often feeding in stubble fields at the road end.
Today's high tide 16:36, 8.2m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 8318
Whooper Swans: 13
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Mallard 152
Wigeon 32
Tufted Duck 13
Moorhen 3
Little grebe 1
Gadwall 1
Peregrine 1
Folly Pond
Whooper Swan 13
Mute Swan 2
Teal 150
Wigeon 100
Mallard 10
Shoveler 20
Moorhen 4
Teal Pond
Mallard 2
Shoveler 2
Moorhen 1
Grey Heron 1
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 34
Mallard 9
Teal 5
Shoveler 6
Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet
Grey Heron 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Great Egret 1
Barnacle Geese 6000+
Mute Swan 12
Pink footed Geese 100+
Greylag Geese 20
Canada Goose 300
Wigeon 156
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Swallow
House Martin
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
