Welney news
Swan spectacle gets underway at WWT Welney
Swan roost provides stunning autumn spectacle. As the natural spectacles of autumn get underway, our region plays host to one of its own, now at its best! Thousands of migratory swans are roosting in front of WWT Welney’s main observatory each night.Â
13 November 2011
Whooper swans glide in at WWT Welney!
The first nine whooper swans glided onto the main lagoon as wardens opened the reserve on the morning of Thursday 15 September – four days earlier than last year! The sight of these arrivals and those to follow will be an intriguing development for the
21 September 2011
David Lindo, The Urban Birder, goes rural at WWT Welney!
David Lindo, up-and-coming birder with a twist! Using urban centres to hone his skills and let his interest in birds flourish, will be talking and holding book signings of his first publication at the WWT Welney autumn fair on Sunday 25 September. The aut
12 September 2011
Icelandic swan romance results in rare UK cygnets
A tragic swan romance has taken a happy turn as a pair of Icelandic whooper swans, hampered by injury, has hatched a healthy brood of cygnets at WWT Welney Wetland Centre, 1,800 kilometres from their usual breeding grounds. Whooper swans pair for life but
29 July 2011
Dragonfly habitat area launched at WWT Welney
Staff at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Welney Centre invited donators and supporters to the opening of the new dragonfly pond area on the reserve this week. It is hoped that visitors will now be able to enjoy close encounters with the 20 species of d
13 July 2011
New wetland at WWT Welney gets thumbs up from breeding waders
A pair of black-tailed godwits has successfully reared a brood of three chicks on 80 ha of recently created wetlands at WWT Welney Wetland Centre in Norfolk next to the Ouse Washes reserve. Black tailed godwits are now a very rare bird on the Ouse Washes
11 July 2011
Friends of Welney celebrate 20 years
We are going to be saying happy birthday to the Friends of Welney this summer as they celebrate their 20th anniversary. Members of Friends of Welney will be invited to a special evening held at the reserve to say thank you for their hard work. Set up in
27 April 2011
Brilliant bluethroat back at Welney
A tiny, brightly coloured passerine has led to a surge in birdwatchers at WWT Welney Wetland Centre in Norfolk. Each spring a handful of white-spotted bluethroat pass through the UK on their migration but have never been recorded breeding in the UK. The w
8 April 2011
Poll results highlight public concern over flooding and water
- Opportunities & key issues identified - A new UK-wide opinion survey, commissioned by WWT, highlights growing awareness and concern about water usage and a willingness to do more to reduce flooding and help wildlife. WWT is using the survey to launch a
23 March 2011
For a mum that deserves everything this Mother’s Day
Book onto the Mother’s Day lunch event, Sunday 3 April 2011 Would your mum like to spend a day in exquisite surroundings: saving wildlife? Being inspired by natural spectacles? Learning a new hobby? With the little ones? Without the little ones? Enjoyin
22 March 2011
How well do you ‘Work Your Butt’?
Competition opens next Monday, 21 March Jennifer Lopez is famous (amongst other things) for her shapely and well-worked butt, but unfortunately our garden water butts don’t gain quite the same amount of attention. According to a recent WWT survey, nearl
14 March 2011
Last chance to see the swans
WWT Welney enters the last 2 weeks of swan feeds Anyone wanting to witness the unique spectacle of seeing wild swans being fed at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Welney, should visit in the next 2 weeks. The wardens at WWT Welney will be saying goodb
28 February 2011
Record numbers of swans in the Fens
Ornithologists are amazed at bumper numbers of whooper swans A co-ordinated count by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), has uncovered a record number of whooper swans in the Fens. Over 13,00
27 January 2011
Regional winner from Welney succeeds at national WWT photography competition
The six winners of the WWT photography competition have been chosen by an expert panel chaired by photographer and TV naturalist Chris Packham. One of which, won the regional section of the people’s choice category for WWT Welney Wetland Centre. All fin
26 January 2011