Latest Sightings - Saturday 15th September

A clear morning with great views across to the Lake District.

Folly Pond is busy with plenty of duck, some waders and geese.

Today's high tide is at 16:49, 8.5m

Around the reserve:

Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 2 plus 6 cygnets
Mallard 75
Tufted Duck 2
Teal 4
Canada Geese 6
Little Grebe 2
Cormorant 1
Moorhen 1

Folly Pond
Mallard 15
Teal 200+
Wigeon 10+
Shoveler 7
Black-tailed Godwit 5
Canada Geese 50
Greylag Geese 10
Canada X Greylag hybrid 2
Moorhen 1

Teal Pond
Mallard 1
Little Grebe 1
Moorhen 1

Avenue Tower
Mallard 17
Gadwall 2
Teal 14
Longhorn Cattle 2

Saltcot Merse Observatory
Kestrel
Osprey
Buzzard 
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Mallard
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Hebridean Sheep 9

Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest

Webcam

Unfortunately we have been experiencing problems with our Osprey camera this year. We hope to fix the problems before next summer. At the moment, the two Osprey chicks are still around the area but they will be heading south soon.
We aim to have Swan Cam and Badger Cam up and running soon.

Twitter & Facebook

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joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk

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