Latest sightings
Rumour has it!!!
With autumn supposedly over we would normally use this quiet time to sit back and reflect, upon this year’s migrants. However with such mild weather around, there is still the possibility of new birds into the reserve such as the American Green-winged T
25 November 2011
More Geese
At least 10 European White-fronted Geese with Pink's this afternoon. At least 60 Barnacle Geese, although many of these birds are likely to be feral. Difficult to assess the numbers of Pink-footed [...]
25 November 2011
Bird News
A male Red-breasted Merganser seen in flight over the reserve may well prove to be the first recorded for Martin Mere. Unfortunately the bird did not land. Other sightings of interest include a female [...]
24 November 2011
Year list tops 150 species on reserve
Another quality day for any birders visiting the reserve. Difficult to call a highlight as you could choose from a number of different competing birdwatching experiences. Was it 1000+ Whooper Swan? Was it the excitement of scanning through the Pink-footed
23 November 2011
The 150th Species
Another quality day for any birders visiting the reserve. Difficult to call a highlight as you could choose from a number of different competing birdwatching experiences. Was it 1000+ Whooper Swan? Wa [...]
22 November 2011
White-fronts drop in
Six European White-fronted Geese dropped in at 2.15pm onto Plover Field yesterday with around 100 Pink-footed Geese. Also 4 Barnacle Geese with them. An early morning count showed that there are still 3,600 Pink-footed geese using the reserve with a massi
21 November 2011
Raptors
Plenty of raptors in action today. Three Peregrine causing pandemonium amongst the 900+ Lapwing and 2000+ Common Teal throughout most of the day, suggesting that at least one of them hadn't eaten. [...]
21 November 2011
White-fronts drop in
Six European White-fronted Geese dropped in at 2.15pm onto Plover Field with around 100 Pink-footed Geese. Also 4 Barnacle Geese with Pink's. An early morning count had 3,600 Pink-footed Geese [...]
20 November 2011
Short-eared Owl and other birds
Another calm day packed with activity. A Short-eared Owl was hunting from 3.30pm. Three Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrine, Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk and at least 4 Common Buzzard with two seen fighting with tal [...]
19 November 2011
Whooper swan update
There are currently 1000 Whooper swans flying into the reserve everyday for the swan feeds at 3pm and 3.30pm. We will expect numbers to start creeping up even further throughout December and January, hopefully reaching a peak of 2000. You can watch the sw
17 November 2011
Bird News
A Peregrine spent much of the day perched on the fence posts at the back of the Mere, as did a Common Buzzard. 2 Goldeneye (male and female) were on the Mere this afternoon, as, unusually was a Little [...]
17 November 2011
An excellent autumn for interesting geese
Five European White-fronted Geese with Pink-footed Geese were spotted yesterday morning with at least 3 Barnacle geese on the 14th . It's shaping up to be an excellent autumn for interesting geese on the reserve. Raptor sightings include 2 Peregrine,
16 November 2011
Bird News
A brief update. If it's your first time looking at these reports we would recommend that you look at the last seven days to get a feel for the numbers and species being seen on the reserve. On any [...]
16 November 2011
More White-fronts
Five European White-fronted Geese with Pink-footed Geese this morning. As usual the geese flocks are mobile so there is always an element of unpredictability in catching up with these birds(see wild g [...]
15 November 2011
Barnacles
At least 3 Barnacle Geese this morning with Pink-footed Geese. It's shaping up to be an excellent autumn for interesting geese on the reserve. No reports of the Euro White-fronts today but there h [...]
14 November 2011