Sightings - Welney
Today's highlights
Wheatear by Bob Ellis Cuckoo Garganey Great white egret Greenshank Wheatear Swift Corn bunting
3 May 2016
A fantastic week over 100 bird species @WWTWelney
A great week at WWT Welney lots of spring migrants and our first lapwing chicks! This weeks totals - 103 species Little grebe Great crested grebe Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Wigeon Teal Shoveler Gadwall Mallard Garganey
1 May 2016
Today's Highlights
Great white egret Wheatear Spotted redshank Greenshank Little-ringed plover Garganey Ringed plover Dunlin Swift
1 May 2016
Today's Highlights
Great white egret Short-eared owl Corn bunting Wheatear Dunlin Little-ringed plover Ringed Plover Tree sparrow Swift
30 April 2016
Sightings Friday 29th April
Whimbrel Avocet Little-ringed plover Ringed plover Balck-tailed godwit Dunlin Oystercatcher Redshank Lapwing (chicks) Great white egret (2) Garganey Gadwall Tufted duck Shoveler Shelduck Swift Swallow House Martin Sand Martin Wheatear Tree sparrow Corn bu
29 April 2016
Todays sightings
Great white egret fishing in front of Nelson-Lyle hide by John Cheney Todays sightings Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Wigeon Teal Gadwall Mallard Tufted duck Garganey - 4 Shoveler Black-hea
27 April 2016
Todays sightings
Todays sightings Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Wigeon Teal Gadwall Mallard Tufted duck Garganey - 4 Shoveler Black-headed gull Common gull Lesser black-backed gull Cormorant Little egret GREAT WHITE EGRET Grey heron Avocet Li
26 April 2016
Todays sightings
Todays sightings Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Wigeon Teal Gadwall Mallard Tufted duck Garganey - 4 Shoveler Black-headed gull Common gull Lesser black-backed gull Cormorant Little egret GREAT WHITE EGRET Grey heron Avocet Li
25 April 2016
Todays sightings
Todays sightings Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Canada goose Shelduck Wigeon Teal Gadwall Mallard Tufted duck Garganey - 4 Shoveler Black-headed gull Common gull Lesser black-backed gull Cormorant Little egret GREAT WHITE EGRET Grey heron Avocet Li
24 April 2016
Sightings Thursday 21 April
Bar-tailed godwit Bar-tailed godwit - 1 (Lady Fen right in front of the visitor centre) Jack snipe - 1 (North of Friends hide) Greenshank Avocet Black-tailed godwit Little ringed plover Ringed plover Oystercatcher Red
21 April 2016
Sightings Monday 18th April
Yellow wagtail by Roger Rawson Tufted duck Gadwall Wigeon Teal Shoveler Shelduck Mallard Avocet Little ringed plover Ringed plover Dunlin Oystercatcher Redshank Snipe Lapwing Little egret Crane (2 Seen flying North to
18 April 2016
Sightings Sunday 17th April
Tree sparrow Swallow Mistle thrush Yellow wagtail White wagtail Pied wagtail Avocet Black-tailed godwit Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Redshank Gadwall Barn owl
18 April 2016
Sightings Saturday 16th April
Shelduck Shoveler Teal Pintail Pochard Tufted duck Gadwall Mallard Garganey Great crested grebe Willow warbler Sedge warblerChiffchaff Cetti's warbler Whitethroat Blackcap Swallow House martin Curlew sandpiper Avocet Redshank Lapwing Golden plover Black-t
18 April 2016
Sightings Tuesday April 12th
Bar-tailed godwit Black-tailed godwit Spotted redshank Redshank Curlew Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Lapwing Golden plover Snipe Avocet (67) Pochard Tufted Duck Pintail Gadwall Mallard Wigeon Teal Shoveler Garganey Sparrowhawk Barn owl
12 April 2016
Today's Sightings
It was a fantastic day today as the warden team went out to count all of the birds on the reserve as part of this months Wetland Bird Survey. Here is what was seen: Great crested grebe 5 Cormorant 29 Little egret 4 Grey heron 13 Mute swan 77 Whooper swan
11 April 2016