Latest sightings
Latest Sightings
On this rainy week at Martin Mere, our staff and volunteers had the keen eye to spot:Ron-Barker:Little GrebeKingfisherPink-footed GeeseKingfisher Hide:Great Tit Blue TitWood WarblerGreenfinchGoldfinchRobinHale Hide:Pink-footed GeeseLapwingsWhooper SwansLi
4 October 2021
Latest Sightings
On this rainy week at Martin Mere, we've seen:Ron-BarkerPink-footed GeeseGadwallHareKingfisher Hide:Wood WarblerGreat TitBlue TitGreenfinchGoldfinchTree SparrowDiscovery Hide:CormorantGreater Black-backed GullLapwingSnipeHarrier Hide:GadwallLittle GrebeSh
30 September 2021
Latest Sightings
Sightings for the past weekend at Martin Mere include:Ron-Barker:Marsh HarrierPink-footed GeeseWhooper SwansKingfisher Hide:GoldfinchGreenfinchBlue TitGreat TitTree SparrowChaffinchDiscovery Hide:Pink-footed GeeseHarrier Hide:SwallowsTufted DucksStoatJane
28 September 2021
Latest Sightings
This week's sightings at Martin Mere include:Ron BarkerPink-Footed GooseKingfisherMarsh HarrierMute SwanLapwingRoe DeerKingfisher HideGoldfinchGreenfinchWood WarblerNuthatchWrenGreat TitBlue TitCoal TitTree SparrowDiscovery HideCormorantLapwingJanet KearG
23 September 2021
Latest Sightings
This weeks sightings at Martin Mere:Ron BarkerLapwingRuffMarsh HarrierPink-Footed GooseWigeonKingfisher HideKestrelDiscovery HideLapwing CormorantTealShovelerHobbyJanet KearBullfinchSparrowhawkGreat TitBlue TitGreenfinchChaffinchGoldfinchDunnockHarrier Hi
20 September 2021
Latest Sightings
This week at Martin Mere we've managed to spot these birds at these hides!Ron Barker:KestrelRuffLapwingMarsh harrierBarnacle GeesePink footed GeeseBlack-tailed GodwitEmperor DragonflyGordon Taylor:BuzzardLapwingSnipeMarsh HarrierTealUnited Utilities:Red-l
16 September 2021
Latest Sightings
This week's sightings at Martin Mere include:Ron BarkerMarsh HarrierSparrowhawkLapwingKingfisherRuffSnipeLittle Ringed PloverLittle StintBlack-Tailed GodwitDiscovery HideLapwingCormorantJanet KearSparrowhawkHarrier HideLittle GrebeLapwingGreat Crested Gre
13 September 2021
Latest Sightings
This week's sightings at Martin Mere include:Ron BarkerMarsh HarrierSparrowhawkHobbyCommon SandpiperLapwingOspreyKingfisherHareDiscovery HideLapwingCormorantHobbyJanet KearBullfinchHarrier HideLittle GrebeCormorantUnited UtilitiesWheatearRuffCommon Sandpi
9 September 2021
Latest Sightings
This week's sightings at Martin Mere include:Ron BarkerMarsh HarrierSparrowhawkHobbyCommon SandpiperLapwingDiscovery HideLapwingCormorantStoatKestrelTealJanet KearBullfinchHarrier HideLittle GrebeCormorantUnited Utilities SkylarkMarsh Harrier Common Toad
6 September 2021
Latest Sightings
This week's sighting's at Martin Mere include:Five Marsh HarriersKingfisherHobbySnipeBuzzardKestrelWheatearSparrowhawkBullfinchWood SandpiperRavenCommon SandpiperRedshankBlack-tailed GodwitRuffLittle StintTree SparrowCormorantGreater Black-backed Gull
2 September 2021
Latest Sightings
There are lots of waders around at the moment, lapwings, dunlin, little ringed plover, ringer plover and a golden plover have all been seen from the Ron Barker hide. Looking out from United Utilities there has been a large number of snipe on woodend marsh
12 August 2021
Latest Sightings
Juvenile marsh harriers have been spotted around the reserve and can be heard calling to their parents. A juvenile cuckoo was spotted by a warden out in Drypatch Field. Two snipe have been seen flying over the back fields. Green sandpipers have been seen
28 July 2021
Latest Sightings
A female cuckoo in rufous plumage was spotted at the along the public footpath behind the canoe safari. Tern chicks are starting to fledge on the Mere. There are two marsh harriers performing food passes at Ron Barker which suggest that they're nesting
12 July 2021
Latest Sightings
A nuthatch was spotted in the trees along the trail to Ron Barker. Common terns have been making use of the new rafts we put out for them on the Mere, with at least one chick having fledged this week.
8 July 2021
Latest Sightings
Ruff have been seen in their late summer plumage feeding on Woodend Marsh over the last few days. Yesterday, a hobby was spotted flying over the reserve. A kingfisher has been feeding in the Boathouse Sluice in front of the Ron Barker Hide. A male cuckoo
5 July 2021