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Today's Sightings
Marsh Harrier x5 Buzzard Sparrowhawk Black-tailed Godwit x160 Oystercatcher Lapwing Redshank Ruff Snipe Wigeon Teal Gadwall Pintail Shoveler Dunlin x13 Peregrine x 2 Curlew x9 Barn Owl x4 Great White Egret Pochard
19 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Hen Harrier Marsh Harrier Peregrine Whooper Swans Bewicks Swan
18 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Whooper Swan Bewick Swan Teal Wigeon Shoveller Pochard Gadwall Lapwing Little Egret Curlew x10 Black-tailed Godwit Dunlin Golden Plover Pintail x5 Stonechat Redshank Grey Heron Meadow Pipit Marsh Harrier x2 Peregrine Cranes x 4
17 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Whooper Swan Teal Wigeon Golden Plover Curlew Ruff Dunlin Black-tailed Godwits Peregrine Marsh Harrier Snipe Pintail Barn Owl Cranes x4 - Friends Hide
16 November 2016
Swan Count
Main Lagoon as the swans started to fly out Thousands of swans are back now for the winter, with a particularly high November count:- WWT Welney: Whooper swan - 4262 Bewick's swan - 305 Ouse Washes total: Whooper swan
15 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Whooper Swan 4262 Bewicks Swan 305 Teal Wigeon Lapwing Pochard Barn Owl Crane
15 November 2016
Today's Highlights
A great variety of birds today Great white egret-2 on Lady Fen Little egret Grey herons Marsh harriers-4 female Sparrowhawk Kestrel Peregrine Short-eared owl Golden plover Lapwing Pintail Wigeon Pochard Cranes-2 flying North Ruff Dunlin Fieldfare Barn owl
14 November 2016
Reserve count (WeBS)
Lapwing flock by Georgette Taylor Today our reserve team headed out onto the reserve to conduct the Wetland Bird Survey or WeBS Count for November, highlights included great white egret, ruff, golden plover and marsh
14 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Pochard Whooper Swans Bewick Swans Buzzard Wigeon Teal Peregrine Pink-footed Geese Curlew Grey Wagtail - Friends Hide Golden Plover Pintail Dunlin Little Egret
13 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Cranes x6 - Friends Hide Bewick Swans x5 Whooper Swans Teal Wigeon Marsh Harrier x3 Pochard Green Woodpecker Stonechat Peregrine x2 Dunlin x3 Black-tailed Godwit x7 Pintail x14 Little Egret
12 November 2016
Swan numbers increasing
This week more swans have been arriving at WWT Welney, making the reserve very busy. We will be counting the whooper and Bewick's swans on Tuesday 15 November, but have got over 3,000 in total. There are still over 1,000 swans on the main lagoon each
11 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Tree Sparrow Kingfisher Little Egret Whooper Swan Wigeon Teal Pintail Pochard Greylag Geese Canada Geese Lapwing Black-tailed Godwit Redshank Curlew Redwing Fieldfare Snipe Golden Plover
11 November 2016
Sightings for Thursday November 10th
On day of the 70th Anniversary of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust we have had some great sightings here at Welney. Berwick's swan (4 in front of Main observatory) Whooper swan Mandarin Pintail Pochard Shoveler Wigeon Crane (2 Friends hide, 3 Reedbed, 7 se
10 November 2016
Daisy Clarke is the first GPS tagged Bewick's swan to arrive at WWT Welney
The first GPS tagged Bewick's swan has arrived back in the UK this week. Daisy Clarke touched down in the early hours of Monday morning, having flown across The North Sea from The Netherlands. She has been roosting in front of our Lyle and Friends hides
9 November 2016
Watch a thousand swans at the floodlit feeds
Swans on the main lagoon by Bob Ellis The swan flight in and evening feed are incredible at the moment. Thousands of swans are flying in at dusk right in front of the hides, with over a thousand on the main lagoon a
8 November 2016