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All grown up!
Remember our little game back in August? Look who grew up! The male ring-necked duck is just perfection, and this handsome chap is now in his full iridescent splendour. They're out and about for all of our visitors to adore and photograph in the North Ame
24 January 2015
Daily sightings
A fantastic sunny day here at Welney today, perfect light for enjoying the iridescent colours of all our winter visitors like lapwing, teal, wigeon and pintail. Elsewhere on site were: 10 goldeneye - 6 female and 2 male 670 black-tailed godwit 12+ dunli
24 January 2015
Sunny sighting's
The Tack Piece Pink-footed Goose 2 Adult & first winter White-fronted Goose 181 Greylag Goose 70 Pintail 150 Wigeon 500 Teal 700 Common Crane 7 Black-tailed Godwit 150 Dunlin 400 Ruff 5 Redshank 32 Lapwing 1000 Golden Plover 500 Marsh Harrier 2 Juveni
24 January 2015
Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide Level: Mid. Wader Lake - partly frozen. Redshank - 2 Lapwing - 10 Black-headed Gull - 70 Herring Gull - 7 Grey Heron - 7 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 4 Teal - 11 Reservoir Tufted Duck - 40+ Shelduck - 5 Hawthorn Wo
24 January 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 6,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 70+ (more flying in from surrounding fields) High Tide 14:58 9.9m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 70+ Mute Swan 56 Mallard 86 Tufted Duck 41 Wigeon 90 Teal 6 Gadwall 1 ♂ Greylag Geese 5 Canada G
24 January 2015
Wildlife sightings for 24th January 2015
1 Bittern - Main lake N shore 2 Water Rail - Grazing marsh 3 Pintail - Main lake 2 Stonechat - Grazing marsh 1 Coal Tit - World wetlands January bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Little Egret, Goosander, Peregrine, Pheasant, Woodcock, Redshank,
24 January 2015
Swan Census Reports Boom Year for Cygnets at WWT Martin Mere
WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre recorded a boom year for cygnets in the 2015 International swan census. During the recent census 1462 Whooper swans were recorded on the Mere with 285 juvenile cygnets also counted. This was a large number of cygnets counte
23 January 2015
Winter wonderland
The Rushy Whooper Swan 1 Bewick's Swan 198 Pintail 250 The South Lake Pochard 330 Tufted Duck 420 Gadwall 40 Shoveler 80 Teal 700 Great-crested Grebe 1 The Holden Tower Peregrine 2 The Tack Piece Common Crane 9 Lapwing 2500 Dunlin 600 Golden Plover 700 L
23 January 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Black-headed Gull - 46 Herring Gull - 3 Lapwing - 22 Saline Lagoon/Tide - Low/Time - AM Shelduck - 8 Teal - 32 Moorhen - 10 River Wear Goldeneye - 2 Redshank - 10 Grey Heron - 2 Great Black Backed Gull - 4 Black-headed Gull
23 January 2015
Wildlife sightings for 23rd January 2015
2 Bittern - Main lake N shore 3 Pintail - Main lake 1 Peregrine - Flew over main lake 60 Lapwing - Main lake 1 Goldcrest - World wetlands January bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Little Egret, Goosander, Peregrine, Pheasant, Woodcock, Redshank,
23 January 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 5,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 176 High Tide 14:12 10.1m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 176 Mute Swan 51 Mallard 294 Tufted Duck 22 Wigeon 38 Teal 39 Gadwall 1 ♂ Pintail 1 ♂ Greylag Geese 3 Canada Geese 18 Oystercatcher 2
23 January 2015
Latest Sightings
A frosty but sunny start then murky until the sun broke through early afternoon. Some mixed flocks of Fieldfare and Redwing off the Reedbed Walk this morning. Gadwall on pools towards the back of the Reed Bed. An unconfirmed report of Brambling from the J
22 January 2015
Thursday's bird news
The Holden Tower Oystercatcher 1 Barnacle Goose 200 Pink-footed Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 170 Lapwing 2000 Curlew 200 Peregrine 2 Buzzard 4 The Tack Piece Common Crane 7 Golden Plover 1500 Lapwing 2000 Little Stint 2 Dunlin 300 Black-tailed Godwit 180 R
22 January 2015
Wetland wildlife gets boost from players of People’s Postcode Lottery
WWT Chief Executive Martin Spray CBE accepts the generous cheque Wetland wildlife is to benefit from new developments at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) thanks to the generous support of players of People’s
22 January 2015
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide / estuary Spotted redshank, 350 brent goose, 6 bar tailed godwit, 45 black tailed godwit, 15 redshank, 197 curlew, 100 dunlin, 200 knot, 174 lapwing, 2 great crested grebe, 33 tufted duck, kingfisher and peregrine. Lagoon 540 bla
22 January 2015