Reserve Update Tuesday 18th October
Neither the yellow-browed Warbler nor the Great Egret have been seen (or heard) this morning.
The recent high tides have seen the Merse compartments flooded which is drawing the wildfowl. Another high tide is forecast for this afternoon which will make for some interesting bird watching down at Saltcot Observatory. The Peregrine Falcon is already poised, sighted this morning on a fence post out on the Merse from Avenue Tower. Elsewhere the Mute Swan cygnets on the Whooper Pond have begun stretching their wings and taking training flights along the Pond, much to the alarm of the other species there.
Today's high tide 14:26, 10.0m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 7,500 inc 4 leucistics
Whooper Swans: 27 - at the road end in stubble field
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 5 + 7 cygnets
Greylag Goose 1
Canada Geese 37
Teal 10
Mallard 176
Wigeon 18
Tufted Duck 28
Moorhen 1
Little grebe 1
Gadwall 1♂
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Mute Swan 2
Teal 48
Moorhen 3
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1
Wigeon 11
Avenue Tower
Great Egret 1 (seen yesterday)
Peregrine
Wigeon 200+
Teal 370
Pintail 500+
Mute Swan 17
Shoveler 4
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese 6000+
Mute Swan 12
Pink footed Geese 100+
Greylag Geese 20
Canada Goose 300
Wigeon 200
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Yellow-browed Warbler (heard calling yesterday)
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
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
