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Wildlife sightings for 4th January 2013
41 Wigeon - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - grazing marsh 4 Redpoll - wildside 1 Peregrine - across river on hospital Recent bird highlights: Goosander, Bittern, Peregrine, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, Skylark, Bearded Tit. The two Bitter
5 January 2013
Atlas Editions teams up with WWT for the launch of their ‘British Birds’ collection
Atlas Editions, the makers of popular collectables, models and family reference materials have teamed up with us on the launch of their Birds of Britain figurine collection, pledging to donate at least £5,000 towards WWT’s conservation work. The collec
4 January 2013
Early openings and water levels
Swans at sunrise by Susie Haynes WWT Welney will be opening at 7am on the following dates to allow people access to see the flight out of swans just after dawn. Sat 5 Mon 7 Sat 12 Mon 14 Sat 19 Mon 21 Sat 26 Mon 28
4 January 2013
Today's highlights
Today’s highlights include; 405 lapwing, 58 snipe, 39 shelduck, 103 wigeon, 17 shoveler, 44 teal, 3 goldeneye, 4 little egret, 3 water rail, 4 little grebe, 3 great crested grebe, peregrine, sparrowhawk, great spotted woodpecker and 6 jay.
4 January 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 200 Mute Swan 80 Tufted Duck 76 Wigeon 80 Canada Goose 114 Gereylag Goose 4 Tawny Owl 1 (in entrance to owl box) Folly Pond Teal 450 Wigeon 130 Shoveler 10 Redshank 30 Black-tailed Gdowit 4 Snipe 12 Flood Ground Teal 870 Wigeon 2
4 January 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/High Tide/AM Greylag - 27 Redshank - 105 Grey Heron - 12 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 66 Tufted Duck - 8 Mallard - 45 River Wear Coot - 4 Mute Swan - 2 Grey Wagtail - 1 Other Birds Jay - Site Count - 6 Mistle Thrush - Hunters Creek - 1 Krestrel - Carpa
4 January 2013
Bewick's swan count
Bewick's swans - 940 (Ouse washes at WWT Welney)
4 January 2013
Tick and twitch - 73 species seen!
Nuthatch (Image credit: John Day) On Tuesday, new year’s day, we held our annual tick and twitch event. Helped by lovely weather this year’s event was particularly popular, with many people, including plenty of children, taking part. The car park
3 January 2013
Todays sightings
Fantastic birdwatching again. The morning Peregrine activity among flocks of thousands of waders is particulally good. Use the members gate to get to the Holden Tower and Hides from 08.15 for the best views. Robbie Garnett Hide Whitefronted Goose 148 (18
3 January 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 202 Wigeon 54 Tufted Duck 70 Canada Goose 145 Greylag Goose 10 Tawny Owl 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 2 Wigeon Teal Flood Ground Teal 850 Wigeon 300 Snipe Whooper Swan 3 Tufted Duck 5 Folly Pond Again no sign of Green-winged Teal Teal 5
3 January 2013
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Greylag - 65 Curlew - 30 Redshank - 95 Grey Heron - 6 Shelduck - 16 RIVER/AM/HIGH TIDE Cormorant - 2 Goosander - 1 Grey Heron - 2 Great Black-Backed Gull - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM Siskin (Wader Lake Footpath) - 18 Lesser Red
3 January 2013
Wildlife sightings for 3rd January 2013
1 Bittern - main lake N shore a.m. 52 Wigeon - feeding on marsh. New birds arrived since yesterday 3 Snipe - marsh 24 Chaffinch - flew NW Recent bird highlights: Goosander, Bittern, Peregrine, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Pipit, Skylark
3 January 2013
High waters brings in the teal & lapwing
This very wet year and lots of rain in December have raised the water levels throughout the reserve. Higher water changes the makeup of the wildfowl population on the reserve. Shelduck numbers have dropped but teal numbers are booming. Snipe have decreas
3 January 2013
WeBS count
Wigeon - 7461 Teal - 1039 Mallard - 910 Pochard - 454 Shoveler - 51 Pintail - 19 Gadwall - 5 Little egret - 2 Lapwing - 6000 Golden plover - 2000 Curlew - 10 Redshank - 8 Snipe - 2 Kestrel - 2 Buzzard - 1 Barn owl - 1 Fieldfare - 40 Goldfinch - 30 Skylark
3 January 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Bittern 1 Showing very well from 12 till 13.30 Grey Heron 2 Teal 1800 Wigeon 300 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Holden Tower/Tack Piece Golden Plover 900 Lapwing 6,000 Spotted Redshank 1 Redshank 63 Dunlin 340 Snipe 6 Black-tailed Godwit 70 Curlew 2
2 January 2013