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Rare bat recorded for first time at WWT Welney Wetland Centre
Barbastelle bat by Emily Mayer One of the UK’s rarer bat species, the Barbastelle, has been detected at WWT Welney Wetland Centre thanks to a community science project in Norfolk. In the UK the Barbastelle is restri
4 September 2013
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 3 (Lady Fen) Yellow wagtail - 12 Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Black-tailed godwit - 12 Ruff - 6 Hobby - 3 A large flock of house martins are feeding above the visitor centre and main observatory today.
4 September 2013
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Teal 100+ Wigeon 4 Black-tailed Godwit 8 Ruff 4 Shoveler 6 Snipe 2 Avenue Tower Lapwing 220 Golden Plover 2 Whinchat 4 Oystercatcher 1 Flood Ground Teal Wigeon 2 Black-tailed Godwit 6 Mute Swan 2 adult, 3 cygnets Grey Heron 1 Merse Pereg
4 September 2013
Wildlife sightings for 4th September 2013
1 Hobby - feeding over marsh 1 Great-crested Grebe chick - still with parents on sheltered lagoon 5 Snipe - scrape and main lake 38 Lapwing - main lake 1 Cetti's Warbler - singing near scrape hide Recent bird highlights: Garganey, Black Tern, Gosha
4 September 2013
Today's Sightings
The South lake Greenshank 1 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Redshank 37 Ruff 1 Little-ringed Plover 1 Common Tern 2 Middle Point Spotted Flycatcher 1 Meadow Pipit 30 Yellow Wagtail 7 Holden Tower Ringed Plover 8 Dunlin 12 Curlew 30 The Tack Piece Ruff 1 Common Snip
4 September 2013
Record Whinchat count.
A record count of 5 Whinchat yesterday evening. Some passerine movement today with pied/white wagtails around the reserve, Grey Wagtail and Yellow Wagtail. Good for raptors with 4+ Common Buzzard and at least 2 Marsh Harrier. Twenty eight Ruff, 400+ Lapwi
3 September 2013
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 2 Marsh harrier - 3 Sparrowhawk - 1 Greenshank - 4 Ruff - 12 Black-tailed godwit - 8 Little ringed plover - 2 Snipe - 1 Yellow wagtail
3 September 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Common Sandpiper 1 Green Sandpiper 5 Common Snipe 3 Teal 160 The South Lake Redshank 19 Little-ringed Plover 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Lapwing 80 The Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 159 Greenshank 1 Lapwing 160 Teal 450 The Holden Walkway Spot
3 September 2013
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Garganey (fem/imm) Teal 300 Wigeon Shoveler Black-tailed Godwit Snipe Ruff Farmhouse Tower Marsh Harrier (juvenile) Saltcot Tower Peregrine Greylag Goose Lapwing Curlew Oystercatcher Osprey & Badger Cam Dont miss our live feed from the Ospr
3 September 2013
Wildlife sightings for 3rd September 2013
7 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh, main lake 1 Green Sandpiper - main lake 1 Kingfisher - flew past observatory 3 Blackcap - explore feeders, wildside 8 Chiffchaff - entrance area, South route, wildside 1 Hobby - hunting dragonflies over the Grazing
3 September 2013
Kingfisher and other birds.
Kingfisher showing again from the Ron Barker Hide. Also good views of Marsh Harrier from there and elsewhere around the reserve with at least 3 birds present. Other raptors included 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and 4 Common Buzzard. Again a few new waders in wi
2 September 2013
First session-done!
Two swans lent for display at WWT Welney, briefly returned back to their orginal roost at Wisbech museum. We have now delivered our very first Flock Together session at Wisbech museum. Alth
2 September 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 1 September 2013 include: Main Lake – 26 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 1 Pintail, 8 Wigeon and 2 Heron Estuary – 55 Bar Tailed Godwits, 1 Black Tailed Godwit, 30 Wigeon, 17 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 80 Curlew, 6 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin a
2 September 2013
Out on the reserve today
Osprey - 1 (briefly in front of Friends and Lyle hide) Crane - 3 Butterflies Comma Common blue Speckled wood Small tortoiseshell
2 September 2013
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary lesser yellowlegs, 2 curlew sandpiper, 684 black tailed godwit, 6 greenshank, 122 redshank and 11 litle egret. Millennium wetlands spoonbill, kingfisher, 43 gadwall, 3 little grebe, 11 pochard, 27 tufted duck, 29 coot, 79 mallar
2 September 2013