Latest Sightings - Saturday 17th September - First Barnacle Geese arrive!
It looks like we have our first BARNACLE GEESE of the season, 29 are currently feeding and washing out on the merse. They can be viewed from the Farmhouse Tower and the Saltcot Merse Observatory.
Today's high tide 13:24, 9.7m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 153
Wigeon 20
Tufted Duck 1
Teal 1
Little Grebe 1
Canada Geese 224
Greylag Geese 2
Folly Pond
Teal 2000+
Wigeon 6
Mallard 20
Snipe 6
Shoveler 33
Ruff 4
Black-tailed Godwit 120
Greenshank 3
Lapwing 115
Teal Pond
Mallard 2
Gadwall 3
Moorhen 3
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 1 + 3 cygnets
Mallard 20
Teal 30
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Great Egret 1
Barnacle Geese 29
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
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
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
