Latest Sightings - Monday 5th September
Migration is definitely underway with Swallows lining up along the wires. Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers are all along the Avenue, and two Whinchat are in the cover crop at the Avenue Tower along with a Wheatear.
The Great Egret is out on the Saltcot Merse, visible from the Farmhouse Tower and Saltcot Merse Observatory.
Today's high tide 15:26, 8.9m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Mute swan 2 + 7 large cygnets
Moorhen 1 + 2 large chicks
Mallard 120
Canada Geese 40
Folly Pond
Teal 400
Wigeon 7
Mallard 6
Lapwing 50
Black-tailed Godwit 100
Snipe 20
Shoveler 10
Moorhen 1 + 3 chicks
Teal Pond
Mallard 5
Moorhen 2 + 3 chick
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan cygnet 1
Mallard 1
Teal 1
Whinchat 2
Wheatear 1
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Canada Goose 300
Lapwing 50
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
