Latest sightings
Today's Highlights
Tree sparrow Hobby-2 on Lady Fen Marsh harrier Tree sparrow-on feeder beside cafe Yellow wagtail Dunlin-3 Black-tailed godwit-6 Ruff-38 Wood sandpiper-2 Common sandpiper-2 Green sandpiper-6 Snipe-2 Green woodpecker-2
10 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Cuckoo Marsh harrier Dunlin Greenshank Ruff-9 Hobby Green sandpiper-3 Kingfisher-summer walk Kestrel Tree sparrows Otter footprints-under bridge
9 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff - 36 Garganey -2 Green sandpiper-2 Common sandpiper-1 Marsh harrier Black-tailed godwit-8 Greenshank Buzzard Yellow wagtail Snipe Kingfisher Tree sparrow
8 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff- 36 Garganey- 2 Green sandpiper- 2 Common sandpiper Marsh harrier Black- tailed godwit Greenshank Buzzard Yellow wagtail Snipe Kingfisher
8 August 2015
Today's Highlights
It was a lovely sunny day out on the washes today with a flourish of birds and insects for visitors to see. Wood sandpiper Ruff- 8 Common sandpiper Green sandpiper- Friends hide Greenshank- Lyle hide Hobby- 2 seen from café Ringed plover Snipe Kingfisher
6 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Wood sandpiper- 3 Green sandpiper- 3 Common sandpiper- 2 Black-tailed godwit- 10 Ruff- 20 Redshank Greenshank Snipe Pied wagtail Quail- singing by Friends hide Marsh harrier Hobby Yellow wagtail
5 August 2015
Todays highlights
Main observatory Wood sandpipers x3 Ruff 21 Black-tailed godwits 6 Avocet 1 Common tern 2 Greenshank 2 Green sandpiper 1 Hobby 1
4 August 2015
Todays Highlights
A beautiful sunny day at WWT Welney the main observatory is providing lots of bare mud for our passage waders. These include 2 curlew sandpipers wood sandpiper Green sandpipers Common sandpiper Ruff Black-tailed godwits Redshanks Lapwing Also on site to
2 August 2015
Big Twitch!
Today is big twitch we are trying to see as many species as we can in a day.... so far we have found 215 species of plant, 11 species of butterfly, 9 species of dragonfly and 80 species of bird. Birds Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Goose Shelduck Mallard
1 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Green sandpiper-5 Wood sandpiper-1 Common sandpiper-1 Ruff Redshank-5 Marsh harrier Little egret
28 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff Hobby Marsh harrier Snipe Green sandpiper Common sandpiper
26 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Sanderling Dunlin Snipe Black-tailed godwit Ruff Green sandpiper Common sandpiper
25 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Kingfisher Ruff Black-tailed godwits
24 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff- 14 Green sandpiper Black-tailed godwits 24 Common sandpiper
23 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Cranes- 3 Greenshank
22 July 2015