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Wildlife sightings for 8th February 2013
100+ Teal - reservoir lagoon, grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Pintail - main lake 4 Snipe - sheltered lagoon, grazing marsh 8 Siskin - entrance lake, sheltered lagoon 4 Redpoll - world wetlands 1 Peregrine - on hospital across river Additional sightings fro
8 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 7th February 2013
1 Smew - marsh (main 'weir channel') 2 Pintail - marsh (main 'weir channel') 60 Shoveler - main lake, resr lagoon, scrape 2 Bittern - main lake SE corner, marsh middle fields 1 Bearded Tit - calling from marsh (channel nearest the Wildside Hide) 41 Fieldf
7 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 6th February 2013
2 Pintail - pair, marsh channel 46 Wigeon - flew from reservoir lagoon to scrape 58 Cormorant - main lake Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Ruff, Woodcock, Waxwing, Skylark, Bearded Tit. Since the start of January there have been va
6 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 5th February 2013
1 Bittern - flew onto grazing marsh from main lake 1 Smew - in grazing marsh channel 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 17 Redwing - wildside, world wetlands 9 Siskin - wildside 3 Redpoll - wildside Recent bird highlights: Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Ruff, Woodcock,
5 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 4th February 2013
1 Smew - marsh (main 'weir' channel) 1 Bittern - observed on N+S shores 1 Peregrine - main lake 6 Snipe - marsh, main lake 1 Kestrel - hunting near the Peacock Tower 80+ Fieldfare - entrance lake area, wildside, sheltered lagoon (all through the day) 2
4 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 3rd February 2013
2 Bittern - main lake, 1 later flew over to the sheltered lagoon 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 1 Kestrel - hunting near the Peacock Tower 1 Cetti's Warbler - singing in wildside 22 Siskin - wildside and south route Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted
3 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 2nd February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake South shore 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 77 Gadwall - grazing marsh, sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - sat on main lake island Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Ruff, Woodcock, Waxwing, Skylark, Bear
2 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 1st February 2013
1 Bittern - main lake between Dulverton and WWF hides 1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 2 Pintail - grazing marsh 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 162 Fieldfare - flew over W, SW @ 8.15am 30+ Siskin - wildside Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern,
1 February 2013
Wildlife sightings for 31st January 2013
1 Peregrine - hunting v.high over main lake a.m. 60 Wigeon - marsh 8 Snipe - marsh, main lake, sheltered lagoon 6 Redpoll - world wetlands, wildside, entrance area 12 Siskin - wildside Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregr
31 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 30th January 2013
1 Bittern - flew from west end of main lake, circled around and dropped into reedbed channel 3 Shelduck - landed on main lake from Thames 60 Wigeon - marsh 15 Greylag Goose - marsh, main lake, scrape 1 Woodcock - flew S at 8:40 a.m. 2 Redpoll - south rout
30 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 29th January 2013
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon 62 Wigeon - grazing marsh 2 Pintail - wader scrape 66 Lapwing - main lake 1 Peregrine - mobbed on reserve then flew over to hospital Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Ruff, Woodcock, Jac
29 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 28th January 2013
1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 2 Bittern - main lake (both S shore) 9 Snipe - sheltered lagoon, marsh 420 Fieldfare - flocks flew S,SW,W 0815-1100 hrs, then a large flock NW at 1615hrs 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon a.m., then near Observatory p.m. 2 Skyla
28 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 27th January 2013
1 Smew - redhead, sheltered lagoon 1 Bittern - main lake 2 Shelduck - main lake 59 Gadwall - main lake, sheltered lagoon, scrape 50 Wigeon - marsh 55+ Fieldfare - south route 1 Cetti's Warbler - singing on south route Additional sighting from yes
27 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 26th January 2013
2 Bittern - reservoir lagoon, N shore main lake 1 Smew - main lake 12 Siskin - South route Additional sightings from yesterday: 4 Bittern - 2 main lake, 2 reservoir lagoon Recent bird highlights: Red-breasted Merganser, Smew, Bittern, Peregrine, Ruff, Woo
26 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 25th January 2013
1 Smew - sheltered lagoon 1 Bittern - main lake N shore 77 Wigeon - grazing marsh, main lake 73 Lapwing - main lake 67 Fieldfare - entrance area, carpark 9 Redwing - entrance area, carpark 9 Siskin - entrance lake 3 Redpoll - world wetlands Recent bird
25 January 2013