Reserve Update Saturday 22nd September - Otter
Well our Whooper Swan count has doubled today with two now on Whooper Pond! Also there this morning was a fishing otter, a second sighting in two days. It was an interesting day on this pond yesterday with a Red Crested Pochard making a brief appearance as well. It flew off to the South and has not been seen since. Folly Pond is worth a look this morning with Teal numbers having jumped up to over 1000, a few Wigeon, Shoveler, Lapwing and Snipe. There are a good number of Pink-footed Geese having a kip on the Merse to the West of Saltcot.
Today's high tide is at 11:06, 7.8m
Around the reserve:
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 2
Mute Swan 5 plus the family group
Mallard 49
Tufted Duck 1
Canada Geese 8
Little Grebe 1
Cormorant 4
Moorhen 5
Teal 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 5
Teal 1158
Wigeon 113
Shoveler 10
Lapwing 51
Snipe 2
Moorhen 1
Greylag Goose 1
Avenue Tower
Mallard 17
Teal 100+
Shoveller 2
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Pink-footed Geese 337
Barnacle Geese 12
Greylag Geese 2
Canada Geese 12
Kestrel
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.
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