Reserve Update Wednesday 28th September
Blustery, breezy day again today. A solitary osprey was observed flying across the merse first thing this morning. The female sparrowhawk was once again lurking around the Folly Pond, making the ducks and waders slightly nervous. Good numbers of shoveler, teal, wigeon, curlew and black-tailed godwits there.
Today's high tide 11:34, 8.6m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 8
Mallard 143
Wigeon 28
Tufted Duck 5
Moorhen 3
Little grebe 1
Cormorant 1
Folly Pond
Teal 257
Wigeon 126
Mallard 10
Snipe 4
Shoveler 11
Black-tailed Godwit 89
Moorhen 5
Grey heron 2
Curlew 130
Teal Pond
Mallard 2
Mute Swan 1
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 26
Mallard 4
Teal 40
Shoveler 8
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Great Egret 1
Barnacle Geese 36
Mute Swan 12
Pink footed Geese 50
Canada Goose 300
Lapwing 50
Peregrine 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Swallow
House Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
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.
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
