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Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 4,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 128 High Tide 17:21 7.6m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 127 Mute Swan 49 Mallard 155 Tufted Duck 18 Wigeon 82 Teal 4 Gadwall 1 ♂ Greylag Geese 2 Canada Geese 11 Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 2 Folly P
12 February 2015
The plight of the pudding.
Can you see the stiff tail on the sitfftail? The White-headed duck, Maccoa duck, Argentine ruddy duck, Musk duck and North American ruddy duck are all collectively known as the "stifftails" or Oxyurinae sub-family.
12 February 2015
Common Seal - An Unexpected Visitor
An unexpected visitor is caught on video by volunteers at WWT Welney.
11 February 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese: 4,000 around the reserve. Whooper Swans: 120 High Tide 16:28 8.0m Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 120 Mute Swan 39 Mallard 155 Tufted Duck 18 Wigeon 82 Teal 4 Gadwall 1 ♂ Greylag Geese 2 Canada Geese 2 Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 2 Folly Po
11 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 11th February 2015
2 Bittern - 1 showing well in SE corner of main lake, best seen from Peacock Tower. 1 flew around main lake, mobbed by gulls, and dropping into main reedbed 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Snipe - marsh 2 Stonechat - marsh January bird highlights: Shelduc
11 February 2015
In the pink! And very bright (part 1)
Hello flamingo followers, a quick February update. If you haven't been down to Slimbridge recently to see the flamingos then you're missing out on a sea of bright pink plumage. In some of the more colourful species (i.e. those that are not just one shade
10 February 2015
Creatures are all a-flutter for Valentine’s Day
Whooper Heart by Jack Kellett Visitors can watch swans mirroring, wigeon tail-wagging and hares boxing, as love is in the air at WWT Welney Wetland Centre. As the days lengthen and we head towards spring the wetland c
10 February 2015
Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover, new for the year. Predicted yesterday while at the very same time one was on islands in front of the Ron Barker Hide. The Oystercatcher numbers increased to 25, 800+ Lapwing, 46 Ruff, 10+ Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Golden Plover. Two
10 February 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 3000 around the reserve today, best viewed from the Farmhouse Tower Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Mute Swan 50 Mallard 150 Tufted Duck 25 Wigeon 100 Canada Goose 10 Greylag Goose 4 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 150 Wigeon 100
10 February 2015
Todays Wildlife sightings
Busy morning for Water voles especially along the reed bed path. The Lapwing hide was also busy this morning with Gadwall, Teal, Water Rail, Grey Heron, Lapwing and Little Grebe. Scrape hide there were several Snipe and Cettis Warblers singing in various
10 February 2015
Wildlife sightings for 10th February 2015
1 Bittern - main lake N shore 5 Redwing - playing fields 5 Snipe - grazing marsh January bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Little Egret, Goosander, Peregrine, Pheasant, Woodcock, Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Kingfisher, Stonechat. Good numbers
10 February 2015
Daily sightings
Another lovely day out on the Ouse Washes today, there was a definite feeling of spring in the air with great crested grebes, coots and goldeneyes all displaying away. There's a lot of Bewick's and whoopers loafing about on the reserve during the day too
9 February 2015
Milder
Milder today and a noticeable influx of waders with Dunlin, Redshank, 10 Oystercatcher, Common Snipe(s), 12+ Black-tailed Godwit, 30+ Ruff and ~ 1000 Lapwing. Any day now we could be expecting the arrival of the first Avocet and Ringed Plover of the yea
9 February 2015
Can a child's life be changed by a school trip?
Can a one-day school trip to a nature reserve lead to lasting improvements in a child’s values and attitude towards the natural world? The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is pioneering research into the long-term effects on primary schoolchildren th
9 February 2015
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 2 spotted redshank, 3 greenshank, 23 redshank, 400 golden plover, 415 black tailed godwit, 112 knot, 29 dunlin, snipe, 180 wigeon, 4 pochard, 20 tufted duck, 130 shelduck, 87 greylag goose and 8 little egret.
9 February 2015