Accessibility during autumn and winter

During the colder months, the reserve can be wet and muddy so waterproof footwear is recommended. Those with limited mobility or using push wheelchairs may find traversing the Avenue and Saltcot Loaning unsuitable. Please call us on 01387 770200 for more info.

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Latest Sightings - 8th October - over 10,000 Barnacle Geese!

A whopping 16,000 Barnacle Geese were on the reserve yesterday. This morning we have 10,250 on the fields and merses!

The Great Egret is on the Folly Pond at the moment, with a Little Egret for comparison.

Today's high tide 17:21, 7.8m


Around the reserve today:

Barnacle Geese: 10,250

Whooper Swans: 27 - at the road end in stubble field

Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Mallard 160
Wigeon 30
Tufted Duck 14
Moorhen 3
Little grebe 2
Gadwall 1♂
Peregrine 1

Folly Pond
Mute Swan 2
Teal 150
Wigeon 100
Mallard 10
Shoveler 20
Moorhen 4
Great Egret 1

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
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)
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

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