News
Christmas opening
Hare by David Featherbe Christmas is a busy time of year for us at WWT Welney, with wildlife and visitors. The only day of the year we are closed is Christmas Day. We have an evening feed as normal on Christmas Ev
15 December 2015
Dawn Swan Count
Bewick's swan 1138 Whooper swan 3619
15 December 2015
Firecrest
Bird of the day and new for the year was a Firecrest with two Goldcrest between the Janet Kear and Gladstone Hides. Martin Mere has a good track record of Firecrest and usually once they arrive they do stick around. Listen out for the Goldcrest which are
15 December 2015
Look deeply beyond at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre’s latest exhibition
A new exhibition that explores the magnified world of nature has begun at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Deeply Beyond, an exhibition by Mary Keenan, uses lighting techniques to show plant specimens and feathers in fine detail producing vibrant, colourfu
15 December 2015
Wildlife sightings for 15th December 2015
1 Bittern - main lake 1345hrs 1 Blackcap - wildside 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 13 Siskin - south route/sheltered lagoon, wildside 9 Redwing - wildside 6 Snipe - scrape, marsh December bird highlights: Bittern, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Dunlin,
15 December 2015
Today's sightings- Great Grey Shrike
Great Grey Shrike - Showed well at times in scrub and hedgerow directly in front of the Holden Tower. This is the first record since October 26th 1985 here at Slimbridge and only the second record for the site. Todays bird spent its time in between the
14 December 2015
Over 13,000 birds!
Counts on the reserve over the weekend included 480 Greylag, 620 Shelduck, 1030 Wigeon, 19 Gadwall, 3030 Teal, 2150 Mallard, 430 Pintail, 33 Shoveler, 25 Pochard, 11 Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye, 18 Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, 34 Moorhen, 290 Coot and 1000+
14 December 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 6 Bullfinch - 3 Siskin - 30 Saline Lagoon Cormorant - 2 Hawthorn Wood Willow Tit - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 Treecreeper - 2 Bullfinch - 6 Coal Tit - 9 Robin - 4 Dunnock - 1 Chaffin
14 December 2015
Recent Sightings, WeBS Count
British Steel Hide and Lagoon Redshank 582 Black-Tailed Godwit 406 Spotted Redshank 1 Dunlin 8 Curlew 183 Greenshank 1 Knot 6 Lapwing 458 Mallard 407 Pochard 2 Tufted Duck 41 Wigeon 35 Teal 10 Shoveler 3 Gadwall 2 Shelduck 130 Greylag 1 Coot 10 Moorhen 5
14 December 2015
Welney WeBs Count
Great crested grebe 2 Cormorant 8 Grey heron 2 Greylag goose 547 Canada goose 188 Wigeon 3337 Gadwall 48 Teal 2532 Mallard 1263 Pintail 228 Shoveler 193 Shelduck 9 Pochard 196 Tufted duck 124 Water rail 1 Golden plover 3000 Lapwing 7451 Dunlin 3 Ruff 6
14 December 2015
Bristol broadcasters bring the Bewick's swans of Slimbridge to our screens
Young Bristol naturalist Alex Rhodes has teamed up with veteran TV and radio producer Sarah Pitt to tell the story of one of the South West's seasonal wildlife spectacles: the Bewick's swans of Slimbridge. More than 80 Bewick's swans have already arrive
14 December 2015
Wildlife sightings for 14th December 2015
2 Dunlin - circled around main lake then landed on the marsh 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - flew over main lake, heading E 1 Skylark - flew W 14 Siskin - south route/sheltered lagoon 40 Redwing - flew W in several small flocks 1 Stonechat -
14 December 2015
Weekend Reports
Another wet and wild weekend with the best viewing occurring on the chiller Sunday. On both days the potentially elusive Green-winged Teal was found with Eurasian Teal from the Ron Barker Hide before being flushed by hunting Marsh Harrier(s). The return o
13 December 2015
Wildlife sightings for 13th December 2015
1 Bittern - reservoir lagoon, seen from Wildside hide looking due West 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 4 Pintail - main lake and marsh 98 Shoveler - site count 95 Teal - site count 1 Peregrine - flew over main lake 72 Lapwing - main lake 1 Kingfisher - fle
13 December 2015
Tack Piece flooding
Flock of roosting Golden Plover Tack Piece (Martin Smith and Robbie Garnett Hides) Water levels coming up nicely here pulling in lots of birds: Greylag 289 Euro Whitefronts 57 and Greenland 5 (here early before hoppin
13 December 2015