News
Rare bumblebee spotted on wildflowers
Ruderal bumblebee by Georgette Taylor Visitors to Norfolk and Cambridgeshire can see Ruderal bumblebees on the reserve at WWT Welney Wetland Centre this summer – a species which is scarce in the UK. These busy bees
4 August 2015
Todays highlights
Main observatory Wood sandpipers x3 Ruff 21 Black-tailed godwits 6 Avocet 1 Common tern 2 Greenshank 2 Green sandpiper 1 Hobby 1
4 August 2015
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE / AM / HIGH TIDE Avocet - 5 Teal - 5 Swift - 2 Swallow - 3 House Martin - 1 Tufted Duck - 8 + 2 chicks Gadwall - 2 Common Tern - 1 Herring Gull - 1 Black-Headed Gull - 70 Redshank - 19 OTHER BIRDS / AM Lapwing (Wader Lake) - 50 Grey Hero
4 August 2015
Visitors explore new video studio at Welney
Whoa, Zoe Ellis visited Welney and ended up in the middle of a lake! A new installation at WWT Welney Wetland Centre will allow visitors to fly with swans, hide in the reeds like a bittern or box with hares. Children
4 August 2015
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece adult Little Stint (breeding plumage) Dunlin 5 Lapwing 40 Teal 91 Snipe 3 Green Sandpiper 1 South Lake Ruff (4 adults, 2 male and two females including a small reeve) Redshank 54 Black-tailed Godwit 100+ Dunlin 20 Avocet 5 Mediter
4 August 2015
Wildlife sightings for 4th August 2015
1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 2 Snipe - main lake 1 Peregrine - over river Additional sightings from yesterday: 1 Kingfisher - reedbed July bird highlights: Little Egret, Garganey, Hobby, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit,
4 August 2015
Waders and Raptors
With the July 'doldrums' behind us we can look forward to the migration season developing ahead. At WWT Martin Mere that will be obvious on the wader front as adult and juvenile birds leave arctic breeding grounds to move south.
3 August 2015
Today's Bird Sightings
British Steel Hide Spoonbill 1 Marsh Harrier (female) 1 Greenshank 33 Redshank 126 Curlew 510 Whimbrel 3 Black-tailed Godwit 400 Dunlin 2 Snipe 1 Little Egret 23
3 August 2015
Tern up for the books
Holden Tower A breezy morning look out over the estuary revealed 100's of Black-headed Gulls feeding/roosting on the mudflats, the whole reserve was spooked by a hunting Peregrine which put up a flock of terns. Between 30-40 Arctic or Common Terns and 6 S
3 August 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Lapwing - 160 Black headed Gull - 40 Common Sandpiper - 1 Avocet - 10 Common Tern - 5 Pied Wagtail - 1 Shelduck - 4 Coot - 2 Grey Heron - 8 Swallow - 8 Saline Lagoon Common Sandpiper - 1 Curlew - 1 Black headed Gull - 28 L
3 August 2015
Recent sightings - 3rd August
The following sightings were recorded by Toni Castello, Senior Reserve Warden Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Tufted duck 7, Coot 7, Mallard 130. Freshwater lagoon – visible from Brent Hide and Crannog Tufted duck 2, Mute
3 August 2015
Bird Sightings 3rd August 2015
British Steel Hide Greenshank 33 Curlew 510 Dunlin 2 Spoonbill 1 Black Tailed Godwit 400 Snipe 1 Redshank 126 Whimbrel 3 Little Egret 23
3 August 2015
Bird sightings 30th July 2015
British Steel Hide Greenshank 7 Redshank 6 Curlew 910 (on mudflats) Lapwing 9 Black Tailed Godwit 53 Knot 3 Common Sandpiper 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Lagoon Black Tailed Godwit 320 Greenshank 42 Redshank 27
3 August 2015
Wildlife sightings for 3rd August 2015
1 Green Sandpiper - marsh 1 Kingfisher - Wildside 1 Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull - main lake 2 Juvenile Great Black-Backed Gull - main lake July bird highlights: Little Egret, Garganey, Hobby, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Blac
3 August 2015
Todays Highlights
A beautiful sunny day at WWT Welney the main observatory is providing lots of bare mud for our passage waders. These include 2 curlew sandpipers wood sandpiper Green sandpipers Common sandpiper Ruff Black-tailed godwits Redshanks Lapwing Also on site to
2 August 2015