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A fantastic week over 100 bird species @WWTWelney
A great week at WWT Welney lots of spring migrants and our first lapwing chicks! This weeks totals - 103 species Little grebe Great crested grebe Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Wigeon Teal Shoveler Gadwall Mallard Garganey
1 May 2016
Today's Highlights
Great white egret Wheatear Spotted redshank Greenshank Little-ringed plover Garganey Ringed plover Dunlin Swift
1 May 2016
Today's sightings
Two cranes foraging. Nov 2005 (Archive Picture) Holden Tower 16 Greylag Geese and 8 Shelduck were on the salt pasture and scrape. At least 6 Lapwing are now incubating eggs on the saltmarsh with the only other wader s
1 May 2016
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid-High Shelduck - 25 Gadwall - 4 Avocet - 16 Eurasian Teal - 6 Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 2 Tufted Duck - 22 Grey Heron - 28 Redshank - 3 Sand Martin - ? Swallow - ? Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 6 H
1 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 1st May 2016
2 Shelduck - scrape 1 Little Egret - marsh 4+ Common Sandpiper - seen in several locations, though not at the same time - main lake, scrape, reservoir lagoon, marsh (3) 2 Little Ringed Plover - marsh and main lake 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Iceland Gull
1 May 2016
Farmland Specialists
Slightly warmer today although not exactly a heat wave! The fact that a few Swift went through the reserve late afternoon can only be a good omen. Mossland sunrise Starting off with news from around the reserve and on
30 April 2016
Today's Highlights
Great white egret Short-eared owl Corn bunting Wheatear Dunlin Little-ringed plover Ringed Plover Tree sparrow Swift
30 April 2016
Late update, Sat April 30th
Barnacles appear to have fled the site, as would be expected, with just 22 visible on the morning count. A Greenshank dropped onto the Folly Pond earlier and there are a few Black-tailed Godwits on the Flood Ground. Northern Wheatears and White Wagtails c
30 April 2016
Incubating Crane
Peregrine Falcon at Slimbridge taken by remote camera trap. By James Lees (Archive Picture) No sign yet of yesterdays Glossy Ibis. 10.30 Rushy Cranes Monty and Sedge still incubating one egg on small island close to h
30 April 2016
Sightings 30/04/16
Wader Lake - a.m. high tide Oystercatcher 5 Common tern 2 Avocet 16 Shelduck 10 Goosander 2 Little ringed plover 2 Gadwall 2 Tufted duck 7 Eurasian teal 13 Lapwing 15 Grey heron 26 + 3 juveniles Saline lagoon - a.m. mid tide (Please note we are co
30 April 2016
Wildlife sightings for 30th April 2016
3 Arctic Tern - flew W (feeding briefly on main lake) 2 Common Tern - main lake islands 1 Pheasant - sheltered lagoon 1 Yellow Wagtail - flew N 3 Swift 4 Garden Warbler - wildside + south route 1 Kingfisher - entrance lake, south route, sheltered lagoon
30 April 2016
Europe politicians support our shared swans
Sacha arrives in Brussels to meet MEPs Politicians from across northern Europe have come together to support the continent’s smallest and most threatened swan species – as well as a lone woman who will break recor
29 April 2016
Wader-fest
Last of the winter blast today hopefully as slightly milder condition set in. The next 6 weeks are some of the most exciting in the birding calendar and over the past 6 years have produced rarities such as White-spotted Bluethroat, Montagu's Harrier, Red-
29 April 2016
Glossy Ibis!
Pied Avocet at Slimbridge by James Lees. (Archive Picture) GLOSSY IBIS One turned up in the middle of the day over the Rushy. It spent some time feeding on the Tack Piece but spent most of the afternoon in the Rushy,
29 April 2016
Sightings Friday 29th April
Whimbrel Avocet Little-ringed plover Ringed plover Balck-tailed godwit Dunlin Oystercatcher Redshank Lapwing (chicks) Great white egret (2) Garganey Gadwall Tufted duck Shoveler Shelduck Swift Swallow House Martin Sand Martin Wheatear Tree sparrow Corn bu
29 April 2016