Welney news
Volunteer bat researchers needed
Posted on 9th May 2013 by WWT Welney
Take part in a unique opportunity to be part of your local natural history! Volunteer to help rewrite our understanding of bats in the county. WWT Welney Wetland Centre and The Norfolk Bat Survey would like to give anyone[...]
Continue readingFundraising cyclist sets off from Welney for endangered spoonies
Posted on 5th May 2013 by WWT Welney
The WWT Welney Wetland Centre is the starting point of a 60 mile fundraising bike ride to Salthouse, Norfolk for Oriental Bird Club member, Mike Edgecombe. So far he has managed to raise over £700 on his Just Giving [...]
Local group bake flora and fauna cakes to share at WWT Welney
Posted on 27th April 2013 by WWT Welney
Visitors to WWT Welney today might have noticed something a little out of the usual as the centre played host to a meeting of the Clandestine Cake Club! WWT Welney was delighted when the local branch of this secret cake &[...]
Wonderful washes
Posted on 22nd April 2013 by WWT Welney
Spring continues to make its presence known and the washes are becoming greener and even more full of life. Over the last week we have had our first swallows and house martins arriving and making themselves known in [...]
Welney turns from blue to green this Spring
Posted on 11th April 2013 by WWT Welney
UPDATE: The first Chiffchaff has been present at Welney this afternoon, another sure sign of spring on the way! Finally the waters are receding on the reserve at Welney and with the weather improving we are seeing more [...]
Spring's first ray of sunshine
Posted on 26th March 2013 by WWT Welney
Despite the weather putting a dampener on the weekend and birds activity almost going in reverse, the first flowers of coltsfoot have appeared beside the front pond. Cotlsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a welcome sign that [...]
First signs of spring
Posted on 22nd March 2013 by WWT Welney
Since the start of March we have seen various signs of spring emerging with hares boxing, lapwing performing aerial displays and songbirds filling the car park with music in the mornings. Visitors can listen to song [...]
The Tom Daley of the duck world hits a record high at WWT Welney
Posted on 22nd February 2013 by WWT Welney
Staff at WWT Welney have recorded the largest ever number of tufted ducks on the Ouse Washes, with numbers hitting an all time high of 3,477. Affectionately known as ‘tufties’, due to the ‘ponytail’ of feathers on[...]
Swans and snow
Posted on 21st January 2013 by WWT Welney
Lots of snow at WWT Welney today but we are still open and plan to be all week. The roads are regularly gritted but wellies are still advisable along the paths of the reserve, as recent snow fall and …
Swans on ice
Posted on 18th January 2013 by WWT Welney
The recent snow and freezing conditions have meant that the swans and ducks have started to take up the local tradition of Fen skating – here are a few images from yesterday out on the Ouse washes when we had a &[...]
