Latest Sightings 15th October - Green-winged Teal returns
The drake Green-winged Teal is back on the Folly Pond now and is halfway through his moult. The vertical white stripe is just visible on the side of the body and we have seen a metal ring on his right leg making us almost certain that this is the same bird we ringed last year!
Here you can just see the white stripe on his side and a very peachy wash to the breast.
Today's high tide 12:20, 9.5m
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
Mallard 130
Wigeon 40
Tufted Duck 15
Moorhen 3
Little grebe 1
Gadwall 1♂
Greylag Goose 2
Canada Goose 2
Folly Pond
Mute Swan 8
Teal 43
Wigeon 49
Shoveler 9
Snipe 3
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1
Wigeon 11
Avenue Tower
Great Egret 1
Wigeon 18
Teal 19
Shoveler 3
Mute Swan 3
Snipe 1
Canada Goose 1
Greylag Goose 1
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)
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
