Todays Sightings
All of the hides are open the water levels are slowly coming up again so now we have had to close the dragonfly ponds.
The Welney Wash Road section of the A1101 is open
Lady Fen the area in front of the centre is looking great over 1000 golden plover shimmering in the sunlight and barn owls hunting
There are a few spaces left on the hare walks, so please ring the centre to make sure you don’t miss out on this.
Fantastic swan feeds today lots of swans, ducks and waders
Today’s sightings:
Bewick’s swans Main observatory
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Cormorant
Grey heron
Little egret
Mallard
Shelduck
Wigeon
Gadwall
Shoveler
Pintail
Teal
Tufted duck
Pochard
Coot
Moorhen
Black-headed gull
Lesser black backed gull
Greater black-backed gull
Common gull
Black-tailed godwits 4000+ – Reedbed hide
Dunlin 100
Snipe
Redshank
Golden plover 1000+ – Lady Fen
Lapwing
Ruff
Kestrel
Barn owl
Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Marsh harrier
Short-eared owl – 2 hunting on Lady Fen
Crow
Rook
Jackdaw
Magpie
Woodpigeon
Stock dove
Collared dove
Skylark
Meadow pipit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
House sparrow
Tree sparrow – on the feeders
Blue tit
Great tit
Long-tailed tit
Dunnock
Starling
Fieldfare
Robin
Wren
Pied wagtail
Blackbird
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Reed bunting
Cetti’s warbler
