Reserve Update Thursday 8th September
Well, a blustery and wet start to the morning. Over a hundred lapwing are on Folly Pond, joined by the usual suspects of Teal, Shoveler and Snipe. The Great Egret made a brief appearance there yesterday afternoon. A handful of Black-tailed Godwit were also back on the pond last night with three Greenshank and a Ruff.
The usual Mallards are on Whopper Pond together with two Gadwall, a Teal and a Wigeon. The Mute Swan family has decided that Teal Pond is the place to be, while the young Swallows are quite rightly sheltering in the hide.
Today's high tide 17:12, 7.9m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 2
Teal 1
Wigeon 1
Gadwall 2
Mallard 94
Canada Geese 1
Cormorant 1
Folly Pond
Teal 400
Mallard 6
Lapwing 100
Snipe 20
Shoveler 13
Moorhen 1 + 3 chicks
Teal Pond
Mute swan 2 + 7 large cygnets
Mallard 2
Moorhen 3
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan Cygnet 1
Mallard 1
Teal 3
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.
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
