Reserve Update Wednesday 5th October
Keep your eyes peeled for the Whooper Swans on your drive into the reserve this morning as they are favouring the stubble fields at the road end. Twenty four did drop into Folly Pond for a brief spell yesterday afternoon. The Great White Egret continues to operate between Saltcot Merse and the Folly Pond.
The Barnacle Geese numbers are creeping up with a count of approximately 200 birds out on the Merse and in Corner field this morning. Few more still expected to arrive yet!!
Today's high tide 15:27, 8.8m
Around the reserve today:
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 4 + 7 cygnets
Mallard 166
Canada Goose 3
Wigeon 45
Tufted Duck 13
Moorhen 3
Little grebe 1
Curlew 1
Gadwall 1
Teal 1
Folly Pond
Teal 250
Wigeon 100
Mallard 10
Snipe 1
Shoveler 11
Great Egret 1
Moorhen 5
Canada goose 9
Greylag Goose 6
Barnacle Goose 4
Teal Pond
Mallard 2
Shoveler 2
Moorhen 1
Grey Heron 1
Avenue Tower
Whooper Swan 0, 24 on nearby Newmains
Wigeon 31
Mallard 9
Teal 5
Shoveler 6
Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet
Grey Heron 1
Little Egret 5
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Great Egret 1 (also on Folly Pond)
Barnacle Geese 166
Mute Swan 12
Pink footed Geese 100s
Greylag Geese 20
Canada Goose 300
Wigeon 156
Peregrine 1
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Swallow
House Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The winter webcam is now showing the Whooper Pond. The first few Whooper Swans have already shown up and later in the winter we enjoy the superb spectacle of up to 300 of them along with a variety of wild ducks and geese at feed times - 11:00 and 14:00 daily
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
