Latest Sightings - Saturday 10th Sept - Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Marsh Harrier!
A fantastic morning on the reserve after last night's wind and rain.
Over 2000 Teal have now arrived, with 1100 on the Folly Pond and a further 1000 in Prince Phillip's Field. Amongst them are 11 Wigeon, 3 Pintail and 14 Shoveler. Also around the site are 170 Black-tailed Godwits, 185 Lapwing, 1 Ruff and over 30 Snipe.
A Whooper Swan is on the Whooper Pond, which is quite early for Icelandic arrivals, so this could be a bird which has spent the summer in the UK and is now moving around a bit.
This Marsh Harrier was hunting and feeding over the Folly Field at 9am this morning.
Today's high tide 19:10, 7.2m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 1
Mute Swan 5 + 6 Cygnets
Little Grebe 1
Gadwall 3
Mallard 19
Cormorant 1
Folly Pond
Teal 1100+
Mallard 20
Snipe 30+
Shoveler 14
Moorhen 1 + 3 chicks
Black-tailed Godwit 33
Lapwing 3
Grey Heron 1
Mute Swan 2
Marsh Harrier 1
Corner Field
Lapwing 185
Golden Plover 2
Prince Phillip's Field
Teal 1000+
Wigeon 11
Pintail 3
Black-tailed Godwit 120
Ruff 1
Teal Pond
Mallard 2
Moorhen 3
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan Cygnet 1
Mallard 20
Teal 30
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Great Egret 1
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
