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Today's sightings
Limited sightings to report due to all available staff being involved in a wildfowl catch on the Rushy Pen this morning. A number of ducks, geese and swans were caught, ringed and released back onto the lake this morning. Tack Piece Still the busiest spot
19 January 2015
January WeBS Count
A beautiful day for a Wetland Bird Survey on the washes. Louise and Katy went out surveying the birds using WWT Welney. The count includes: Great-crested grebe - 3 Cormorant - 1 Grey heron - 5 Mute swan 51 Whooper swan - 88 (a count during the day tot
19 January 2015
Wildlife sightings for 19th January 2015
9 Cetti's Warbler 2 Bittern - main lake 1 Pheasant - sheltered lagoon perimeter 3 Snipe - marsh 3 Pintail - main lake January bird highlights: Shelduck, Bittern, Goosander, Peregrine, Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Stonechat. Good numbers of winteri
19 January 2015
Today's bird highlights
British Steel hide/estuary 798 golden plover, 11 black tailed godwit, 310 lapwing, greenshank, 152 wigeon, 61 greylag goose, 3 little egret, 8 reed bunting, 8 linnet, 4 redwing, merlin, sparrowhawk, buzzard and kingfisher.
19 January 2015
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 7 goldeneye, 4 spotted redshank, 450 lapwing, 70 dunlin, 8 greenshank, 10 black tailed godwit, 30 redshank, 2 snipe, 190 wigeon and 27 tufted duck.
18 January 2015
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Dumbles Canada Goose 170 Shelduck 52 (afternoon) Lapwing 300 Peregrine 2 Tack Piece Lapwing 2100 Golden Plover 800 Dunlin 800 Little Stint 2 Redhank 58 Ruff 5 Black-tailed godwit 268 Peregrine 1 (3rd bird today) Teal 1100 Wigeon 1200 Pintail
18 January 2015
Whooper Swan count
Highest count of the winter of Whooper Swan with 1500 recorded this morning. Also the highest count of Pink-footed Geese for over a month with 9000 birds. Two Water Rail from the Harrier Hide one showing on the closest bank. Grey Wagtail perhaps new for t
18 January 2015
Wildlife sightings for 18th January 2015
3 Bittern - north side main lake 14 Mandarin - wildside and world wetlands 157 Tufted Duck - site count 153 Teal - site count 3 Pintail - main lake 55 Wigeon - site count 71 Lapwing - main lake 372 Black-headed Gull - site count 1 Stonechat - marsh
18 January 2015
Reserve access
Wellies by Nick Cottrell Wellies are now needed to access Lyle and Nelson-Lyle hides. We have had to close Friends and Reedbed hides today due to increasing water levels on the footpaths leading to them. Water level
18 January 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Around 4000 on the reserve from Farmhouse Tower Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 56 Mute Swan 45 Mallard 110 Tufted Duck 40 Wigeon 120 Teal 10 Canada Goose 137 Greylag Goose 12 Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL ♂ Teal 250 Wigeon 150 Shoveler
18 January 2015
Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide Level: Very low! Wader Lake - 100% frozen Lapwing - 44 (on island) Curlew - 5 (in the meadow) Canada Goose - 12 (in the meadow) River Wear Black-headed Gull - 100+ Herring Gull - 15 Redshank - 3 Teal - 18 Grey Heron - 5 Goldeneye -
18 January 2015
Pink-feet
A few wintery showers passing through today. The next few days look like they'll be excellent for some calm winter birding. Lots of Pink-footed Geese activity on the reserve indicating further influxes from their Norfolk wintering stronghold. Five species
17 January 2015
Help us document a year on the Great Ouse Wetland
Call to the public to film, present, comment on and get involved with Great Ouse Wetland's amazing animal life Volunteers filming The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust via its wetland centre in Welney, Norfolk is launchin
17 January 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Wigeon - 4 Shelduck - 6 Teal - 4 Black-headed Gull - 110 Herring Gull - 21 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Lapwing - 11 Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 Nuthatch - 1 Jay - 1 Long Tailed Tit - 10 Coal Tit - 8 Great Tit - 14
17 January 2015
Morning update
Festival of Birds Jan 31st-Feb 1st Join us for our weekend Festival of Birds and enter our new Bird Race The Kingfisher Hide Barn Owl 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 2 Lapwing 1000 Dunlin 300 Great-spotted Woodpecker 1 Treecreeper 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Zeiss H
17 January 2015