News
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Teal 30 Lapwing 50 Linnet 30+ Teal Pond Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets Sedge Warbler Reed Bunting Moorhen Mallard Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet Wigeon Gadwall Mallard Avenues & Feeders Sedge Warbler Blackcap Willow Warbler Swallow House Mart
2 August 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Avocet - 3 adults 7 juvenile Grey Heron - 6 Redshank - 9 Lapwing - 36 Common Tern - 6 Pied Wagtail - 1 Black Headed Gull - 19 Tufted Duck - 4 + 6 chick Shelduck - 1 Shoveler - 1 Other Birds Whitethroat - Wader Lake Path -
2 August 2015
Wildlife sightings for 2nd August 2015
19 Teal - marsh, main lake Hobby Red Kite 3 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 1 Snipe - at end of gull ridge on main lake 1 Yellow-legged Gull juvenile - main lake 20 Swift - feeding on site July bird highlights: Little Egret, Garganey, Hobby, Kestrel
2 August 2015
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Ruff-2 adult males and an adult Reeve Dunlin 107 Redshank 71 Black-tailed Godwit 100+ Lapwing 80 Teal 70 South Lake Teal 5 Greylag 100 Gadwall 30 Great Crested Grebe 3 Common Tern 2 Tufted Duck and Mallards. Rushy Pen Grey Wagtai
2 August 2015
Big Twitch!
Today is big twitch we are trying to see as many species as we can in a day.... so far we have found 215 species of plant, 11 species of butterfly, 9 species of dragonfly and 80 species of bird. Birds Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Goose Shelduck Mallard
1 August 2015
Wildlife sightings for 1st August 2015
1 Common Sandpiper - sheltered lagoon 10 Swallow - flew over heading West 2 Buzzard - over site before heading West & South West 1 Kestrel - July bird highlights: Little Egret, Garganey, Hobby, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed
1 August 2015
Kingfisher - Taking a Dive
A beautiful kingfisher sits patiently waiting to catch his next meal outside the main observatory at WWT Welney. Footage by Bob Ellis https://youtu.be/TvdvUs0LMBc
1 August 2015
Saturdays bird news
The Holden Tower Yellow Wagtail 7 Skylark 10 Common Crane 4 Grey Heron 1 Little Egret 8 Curlew 170 Whimbrel 1 Dunlin 30 Shelduck 70 Barnacle Goose 7 The Rushy Green Sandpiper 3 The South Lake Ruff 3 Redshank 60 Black-tailed Godwit 170 Lapwing 80 Av0cet 5
1 August 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - High Avocet - 10 Grey Heron - 6 House Martin - 8 Swallow - 8 Tufted Duck - 7 Swift - 9 Pintail - 1 Common Tern - 1 Redshank - 2 Lapwing - 70 Black Headed Gull - 30 Canada Geese - 14 Greylag Geese - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6
1 August 2015
Latest Sightings
High Tide 13:43 9.5m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets - also use Back Pond and Teal Pond Mallard 21 - in eclipse plumage Brown Hare 2 Folly Pond Mallard 19 Lapwing 3 Starling 50+ Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet Grey Heron 1 Mallard 4 Lapwing
1 August 2015
Recent Sightings
We now have 2 Cuckoo's (adult & juv) on view from Ron Barker Hide though both can go missing for lengthy periods, best looked for in the bushes along the left hand side of Vinson's (the left hand of the two pools straight out). Still up to 10 Little R
31 July 2015
Reserve management internship
**PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION HAS NOW BEEN FILLED** This is a rare opportunity to gain excellent practical experience in our fabulous wetland reserve. This year long internship will see you work alongside our experienced and knowledgeable wardens, giving y
31 July 2015
Wildlife sightings for 31st July 2015
1 Dunlin - main lake 1 Kingfisher - middle reedbed channel 1 Snipe - main lake 41 Lapwing - main lake 7 Common Tern - main lake, wader scrape 1 Shoveler brood - wader scrape July bird highlights: Little Egret, Garganey, Hobby, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Co
31 July 2015
Latest Sightings
High Tide 12:58 9.1m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets - also use Back Pond and Teal Pond Mallard 21 - in eclipse plumage Folly Pond Mallard 19 Lapwing 3 Starling 50+ Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet Grey Heron 2 Mallard 4 Saltcot Merse Observa
31 July 2015
Fridays bird news
The Rushy Common Sandpiper 1 Green Sandpiper 2 The Tack Piece Crane 4 Green Sandpiper 11 The Martin Smith Hide Garganey 1 Juvenile Green Sandpiper 2 The Holden Tower Curlew 83 Shelduck 120 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 104 Redshank 43 Lapwing 70 Gree
31 July 2015