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Wildlife sightings for 7th December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 7th December 2012

82 Wigeon - site count 1 Water Rail - main lake beside Dulverton hide 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 4 Siskin - with a small flock of goldfinch between South route and sheltered lagoon 2 Bearded Tit - main lake N si

7 December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 6th December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 6th December 2012

56 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, resr lagoon, main lake 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Brambling - wildside 11 Siskin - wildside, south route 8 Redpoll - wildside 4 Meadow Pipit - flew SW 6 Fieldfare - wildside   Recent bird

6 December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 5th December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 5th December 2012

93 Shoveler - main lake, scrape 53 Gadwall - sheltered lagoon 46 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, marsh 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital   Additional sighting from yesterday: 1 Pintail - marsh 1 Jack Snipe - marsh   Recent bird highlights: Great Whit

5 December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 4th December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 4th December 2012

8 Redwing - 4 in wildside 4 flew SW 5 Siskin - south route 3 Redpoll - south route 1 Chiffchaff - calling in wildside 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Bittern, Little Egret, Peregrine, Oystercatcher, Caspian Gull, R

4 December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 3rd December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 3rd December 2012

1 Bittern - main lake N shore a.m. 1 Peregrine - charing cross hospital ledge 11 Redpoll - sheltered lagoon, south route + 2 flew E over the river 28 Redwing - entrance lake + flew SW,W 1 Linnet - flew NW Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Bitte

3 December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 2nd December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 2nd December 2012

1 Woodcock - flew NE over wildside 2 Bittern - main lake (including one bird flying across the lake) 1 Peregrine - flew from the tall red crane SW towards wildside 6 Siskin - south route, entrance (with Goldfinches) + 3 flew SW 2 Stonechat - marsh 5 Red

2 December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 1st December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 1st December 2012

58 Wigeon - wader scrape, sheltered lagoon 3 Pintail - grazing marsh 4+ Siskin - south route, entrance Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 40+ Greenfinch - wildside 6 Redpoll - sheltered lagoon 6 Siskin - sheltered lagoon Rece

1 December 2012

Wildlife sightings for 30th November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 30th November 2012

1 Bittern - main lake N side 1 Little Owl - perched on post in entrance area p.m. 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - grazing marsh channel 1 Snipe - main lake from Dulverton hide 1 Woodcock - world wetlands 19 Redwing - flew over W, SE 5 Siskin - S

30 November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 29th November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 29th November 2012

2 Pintail - resr lagoon 1 Shelduck - resr lagoon 1 Peregrine - along river and over sheltered lagoon 1 Skylark - flew W 30 Redwing - flew SW 1 Mealy Redpoll - flew from wildside towards world wetlands (not with Lesser Redpolls at the time) 10 Lesser Redp

29 November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 28th November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 28th November 2012

3 Pintail - scrape and marsh 64 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon and marsh 3 Fieldfare - world wetlands Small flock of Redpoll heard in world wetlands   Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine,

28 November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 27th November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 27th November 2012

4 Pintail - wader scrape 53 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape 1 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Chiffchaff - wildside Recent bird highlights: Great White Egret, Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine, Jack

27 November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 26th November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 26th November 2012

Great White Egret- first seen on scrape, flew to main lake and moved around various islands. Currently on the grazing marsh. Flew off roughly SW at around 10:00 a.m. This was the second site record for this species. The first was 24th September 2009, wher

26 November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 25th November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 25th November 2012

1 Shelduck - scrape 2 Pintail - marsh 65 Wigeon - scrape, marsh and sheltered lagoon   Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine, Jack Snipe, Oystercatcher, Caspian Gull, Red-throated Pipit, Water Pipit, Roc

25 November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 24th November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 24th November 2012

1 Shelduck - main lake 5 Pintail - wader scrape, grazing marsh 130 Teal - site count 53 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape 12 Siskin - entrance lake 2 Chiffchaff - wildside, beside Peacock tower Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egre

24 November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 23rd November 2012

Wildlife sightings for 23rd November 2012

56 Wigeon - sheltered lagoon, wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Pintail - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Peregrine - across river on hospital 1 Chiffchaff - wildside Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared

23 November 2012