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Latest Sightings - 3rd Feb - Otter & White-fronts
An Otter in the Whooper Pond at 08:30 this morning was a pleasant surprise, it fished for 20 minutes before disappearing into the Back Pond. The 8 Greenland White-fronted Geese are still here having gone missing yesterday morning. They reappeared yesterda
3 February 2018
Today's Highlights
Whooper swans Mute swans Canada Geese Greylag Shelduck Pintail Mallard Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Black-tailed godwit Snipe Moorhen Lapwing Tree sparrow Reed bunting Goldfinch Fieldfare Meadow pipit Pied wagtail Marsh harrier
2 February 2018
The sun is shining
The sun has come out this morning giving a lovely winter light across the reserve. Highlights so far include the Glossy Ibis which arrived on the South Lake around 8:30am before moving to the roadside fields around mid morning. Yesterday the bird retu
2 February 2018
Recent Sightings (31st Jan-2nd Feb)
British Steel Hide Some nice early morning high tides pushed good numbers of waders onto the lagoons, including c.500 Dunlin, c.650 Black-tailed Godwits, c.150 Redshank, 20 Knot, c.250 Curlew, 53 Lapwing and 1 Spotted Redshank (on the 2nd). Wildfowl ha
2 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 2nd February 2018
1 Goldeneye - main lake 8 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - main lake 7 Redwing - entrance lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh January bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern, Goldeneye, Brent Goose, Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, Peregrine, Ki
2 February 2018
Latest Sightings - 2nd Feb - World Wetlands Day
No sign of the Greenland White-fronted Geese this morning, but they could still be here somewhere. A male Hen Harrier was hunting over the merse at 09:30 disturbing the ducks in the pools. Today is World Wetlands Day and in celebration, we have been build
2 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 01/02/2018
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Mute swan 1 Stock dove 7 Shelduck 27 Lapwing 90+ (very mobile thanks to a hunting sparrowhawk!) Grey heron 7 Black-headed gull 59 Common snipe 1 Eurasian teal 23 (17 male and 6 female) Sparrowhawk 1 (large mature female)
1 February 2018
Sightings for Thursday February 1st
Another Bright and Sunny start to the day here at Welney, Rain moving in mid afternoon, water levels are dropping and we have now opened Lyle and Nelson-Lyle hides BUT you will need wellies to get to these, all other hides remain closed. Sightings today:
1 February 2018
World Wetlands Day: A countdown from Sri Lanka
Nadeera Rubaroe, 45, World Bank consultant, Colombo, Sri Lanka The wetlands we see today in Colombo are remnants of once an extensive system of marshes on which the city was built by gradually filling and draining it. The last three to four decades have
1 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 1st February 2018
1 Bittern - main lake North shore, showing well from Headley Hide 2 Shelduck - main lake 7 Pintail - main lake 3 Snipe - main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 3 Redwing - South route January bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern, Goldeneye, Bren
1 February 2018
Reserve Update Thursday 1st February
Again, the 8 Greenland White-fronted Geese have been seen first thing. They were once again feeding in Low Middle field with best views from the Avenue Tower. They have since moved on but there exact location is yet to be determined (which is what ha
1 February 2018
Work on our Canoe Safari?
A young boy preparing to go on the canoe safari at WWT Martin Mere. Applications are now online to recruit five enthusiastic and hard working people to run Martin Mere’s canoe safari attraction in 2018. You will be
1 February 2018
Make a Splash at Dusty’s Puddle Jumping Championships
February Half Term 2018, Sat 10 – Sun 18 February This February half term, children of all ages are being encouraged to grab their wellies, get outside and join in our puddle jumping championships being held every day from 10th – 18th February at WWT
31 January 2018
Make a Splash at Dusty’s Puddle Jumping Championships
February Half Term 2018 (Saturday 10 – Sunday 18 February) This February half term, children of all ages are being encouraged to grab their wellies, get outsi
31 January 2018
21800 Golden Plover
Tack Piece Golden Plover at least 1800 the highest count of the winter so far. Lapwing 1760 part of a total of over 5000 on site. Dunlin 360 Redshank 38 Ruff 36 Black Tailed Godwit 77 here and 92 on South lake at same time. Bewick's Swan 26 (122 on the Ru
31 January 2018