Latest Sightings - Friday 2nd September
The Swallows have almost fledged 3 chicks in the Teal Pond Hide. This is the second brood to be fledged from the nest.
Today's high tide 13:51 9.2m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Mute swan 2 + 7 large cygnets
Canada Geese 6
Mallard 140
Folly Pond
Teal 450
Wigeon 3
Mallard 15
Lapwing 30
Black-tailed Godwit 20
Snipe 30
Moorhen 2 + 3 chicks
Teal Pond
Teal 6
Mallard 6
Moorhen 2 + 1 chick
Little Grebe 1 juvenile
Mute Swan 1
Swallow 4 + 3 fledglings in the hide
Willow Warbler 3
Chiffchaff 1 - singing!
Avenue Tower
Teal 3
Grey Heron 1
Brown Hare 2
Roe Deer 2
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Canada Goose 300
Lapwing 25
Peregrine Falcon 1♀
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Swallow
House Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Common Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The Ospreys have now fledged and are not returning to the nest very often so we will soon be starting our blog as we follow the satellite tagged chicks on their first migration.
As October approaches we will hopefully be switching to our winter webcam showing the Whooper Pond, where some 300 Whooper Swans will spend the winter.
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk
