Latest sightings
Today's Highlights
Little egrets-50+ on Lady Fen until Peregrine flew through Great spotted woodpecker Common tern Tree sparrow feeding juv under feeders Dunlin- Lyle hide Ruff of various colours-4 Greenshank Cuckoos-5 adults and juv on power lines over Summer walk Green s
17 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Little egret-15 Whooper swans-10 + 2 cygnets Avocet-17 Green sandpiper-3 Redshank-5 Oyster catcher-3 Curlew-1 Black-tailed godwit-14 Common tern-4 at Friends hide Marsh harrier-female, carrying lunch Newly hatched Moorhen chicks-4 A family of 4 Water shre
16 July 2016
Today's highlights
Green sandpiper - 1 (main hide) Avocet Redshank Lapwing Wigeon Shelduck House martin Swallow Barn owl Moths collected in the light station last night: Large yellow underwing - 1 Magpie - 2 Ringed China-mark - 1 Small angle shades - 1 Spectacle - 2 Common
13 July 2016
Today's highlights
Green sandpiper - 4 (main hide) Avocet Lapwing Greenshank - 1 (viewed from the road South of the centre at Hobby Cottage) Dunlin - 1 (viewed from the road South of the centre at Hobby Cottage) Whooper swan pair with 2 cygnets Shoveler Mallard Swift House
11 July 2016
Today's highlights
Pectoral sandpiper - 1 (Bank Farm viewed near Hobby Cottage) Green sandpiper - 3 main lagoon Spoonbill - 1 flew South Cuckoo calling Avocet & juveniles Redshank & juveniles Oystercatcher Lapwing Shelduck & juveniles Whitethroat Reed warbler Se
10 July 2016
Today's highlights
Quail - heard singing near Nelson-Lyle hide Hobby Kingfisher Green sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Little ringed plover Snipe Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Lapwing Cuckoo Cetti's warbler Sedge warbler Reed warbler Whitethroat Wren Gadwall & ducklings Sh
9 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Quail heard singing at Reedbed hide, Main Observatory and Friends hide Green sandpiper-Main Obs Greenshank Yellow wagtail Lapwing Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Sparrowhawk Redshank Black-tailed godwit-Lady Fen Little egret Avocet chicks-14 at Lyle hi
8 July 2016
Sightings 5th July 2016
All paths and hides apart from Allport hide are open. Cuckoo Common Sandpiper (Lyle hide) Ruff (Lyle hide) Little ringed plover + chicks Black-tailed godwit (8 chicks fledged from 3 pairs = 6% of UK population) Lapwing Redshank Avocet Oystercatcher Grey H
5 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Avocet juveniles-18 at Lyle Hide Avocet adults bickering amongst themselves! Mallard and ducklings Shelduck and ducklings Little Egret Cetti's warblers - Seen and heard Cormorant Mute swan and 7 cygnets Whooper swan and 3 cygnets Black-tailed godwit Moorh
4 July 2016
Today's Highlights
Green sandpiper-2-Main Observatory Whooper swans-11 Avocet-20 adults, 11 juveniles Little ringed plover-3-Friends hide Little egret Cuckoos-2 Marsh harrier-female and a juvenile Black-tailed godwit-Lady Fen Black-headed gulls and chicks Mute swan and cygn
2 July 2016
Todays sightings
Whooper swan and 3 cygnets Mute swan and 7 cygnets Quail Little ringed plover and 5 chicks Avocet and chicks Mallard and 10 ducklings Buzzard Marsh harrier Greenfinches x 4 Little egret Reed warbler
25 June 2016
Joy at rare wading bird success
Black-tailed godwit pair fencing by Jon Reeves The successful fledging of eight black-tailed godwit chicks at WWT Welney is the highlight of a brilliant, if at times unusual, breeding season. ‘Gary’ the godwit wit
24 June 2016
Today's Highlights
Quail singing by the Reedbed hide Yellow wagtail Corn bunting Marsh harrier Very pale Common buzzard Black-tailed godwit Avocet and chicks Lapwing and chicks Mute swan and cygnets Little-ringed plover and chicks Goldfinch Tree sparrow Moorhen Coot Sparrow
20 June 2016
Today's Highlights
Cuckoo Avocet Little egret Lapwing and chicks Mallard and ducklings Quail singing by Nelson/Lyle hide Green sandpiper Whitethroat Mute swan and 7 cygnets Cetti's warbler Reed warbler Sedge warbler Snipe Redshank and chicks Skylark Whooper swans-11 Oysterc
18 June 2016
Today's Highlights
Little ringed plover with 4 chicks Avocet with 3 chicks Curlew -3 Common tern Teal
17 June 2016