Wildlife
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 readingSpring'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 [...]
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 &[...]
Water levels improving
Posted on 8th January 2013 by WWT Welney
What a wet year 2012 turned out to be! Unfortunately it is not always good weather for ducks as proved at WWT Welney. For the majority of the year there was too high a level of water on the Ouse …
Threatened swans boosted by bumper breeding season
Posted on 27th December 2012 by WWT Welney
Threatened Bewick’s swans are returning from their Russian breeding grounds with the most young that ornithologists have seen in more than a decade. Surveys of the swans’ UK wintering sites, such as the Ouse [...]
Early openings and water levels dropping
Posted on 14th December 2012 by WWT Welney
WWT Welney will be opening at 7am on the following dates to allow people access to see the flight out of swans just after dawn. Sat 15 Mon 17 Sat 22 Mon 24 Thurs 27 Sat 29 Mon 31 Water levels are …
