Welney news
Community project saves local shop history
See the exhibition for yourself at WWT Welney Wetland Centre Littleport high street in days gone by A model and photographic archive of a Fenland ironmongery shop which had supplied the local community for over 100 ye
18 June 2013
New wildlife walk gives exclusive access to Ouse washes
Reed warbler by Julia Eyles Get closer to wetlands and wildlife at WWT Welney Wetland Centre Last weekend we opened the summer walk to visitors, allowing the only access out into the Ouse washes. The meandering grassy
14 June 2013
Breeding success for avocets after 2012 flooding washout
Come see our new chicks and their proud parents at WWT Welney Wetland Centre [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWXxVVYPwQY'] The first brood of avocet chicks has hatched on the Ouse Washes, at WWT Welney Wetland Centre. The proud parents are t
28 May 2013
Endangered ‘Ratty’ comes out to play
Safe haven by Kevin Wooby The cold, wet start to the summer has not affected the spirits of one wetland mammal as water voles are showing off in front of visitors to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Welney. The un
17 May 2013
Volunteer bat researchers needed
Take part in a unique opportunity to be part of your local natural history! Pipistrelle bat by Amy Lewis Volunteer to help rewrite our understanding of bats in the county. WWT Welney Wetland Centre and The Norfolk Bat
9 May 2013
Fundraising cyclist sets off from Welney for endangered spoonies!
Mike Edgecombe about to set off from WWT Welney The WWT Welney Wetland Centre is the starting point of a 60 mile fundraising bike ride to Salthouse, Norfolk for Oriental Bird Club member, Mike Edgecombe. So far he h
5 May 2013
Local group bake flora and fauna cakes to share at WWT Welney!
Hummingbird cake Visitors to WWT Welney today might have noticed something a little out of the usual as the centre played host to a meeting of the Clandestine Cake Club! WWT Welney was delighted when the local branch
27 April 2013
Wonderful washes
[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfEjeGr5yaw'] Spring continues to make its presence known and the washes are becoming greener and even more full of life. Over the last week we have had our first swallows and house martins arriving and making
22 April 2013
Welney turns from blue to green this Spring
[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LimSLEKxgtY&list=PL56E14ACF00128299&index=8'] UPDATE: The first Chiffchaff has been present at Welney this afternoon, another sure sign of spring on the way! Finally the waters are receding on the reserv
11 April 2013
Spring's first ray of sunshine
Coltsfoot Despite the weather putting a dampener on the weekend and birds activity almost going in reverse, the first flowers of coltsfoot have appeared beside the front pond. Cotlsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a welc
26 March 2013
First signs of spring
Garganey by Rod Gathercole Since the start of March we have seen various signs of spring emerging with hares boxing, lapwing performing aerial displays and songbirds filling the car park with music in the mornings.
22 March 2013
The Tom Daley of the duck world hits a record high at WWT Welney
Tufted duck by David Howarth Staff at WWT Welney have recorded the largest ever number of tufted ducks on the Ouse Washes, with numbers hitting an all time high of 3,477. Affectionately known as ‘tufties’, due to
22 February 2013
Swans and snow
Baldur the whooper swan and family Lots of snow at WWT Welney today but we are still open and plan to be all week. The roads are regularly gritted but wellies are still advisable along the paths of the reserv
21 January 2013
Swans on ice
The recent snow and freezing conditions have meant that the swans and ducks have started to take up the local tradition of Fen skating - here are a few images from yesterday out on the Ouse washes when we had a rare sunny day.
18 January 2013
Water levels improving
Flooded footpaths New Years day by Ken Rowe What a wet year 2012 turned out to be! Unfortunately it is not always good weather for ducks as proved at WWT Welney. For the majority of the year there was too high a l
8 January 2013