Latest sightings
Todays highlights
Black tern - 2 (Friends hide) Garganey - 4 Avocet
16 May 2016
Today's Highlights
Tree sparrows-4 on feeders by café Moorhen and chicks Lapwing and chicks-Lady fen Black terns-2 at back of Main Observatory pool Garganey male- in front of Main Obs Cuckoo female Common sandpiper Little ringed plover Ringed plover-3 Yellow wagtail Redsha
14 May 2016
Todays highlights
Great white egret by Bob Ellis Temminck's stint - 1 (Nelson-Lyle hide) Curlew sandpiper - 2 (Friends hide) Great whie egret - 1 (Lyle hide) Snipe - 18 drumming in total from breeding bird surveys in the early morning
6 May 2016
Todays highlights
Great white egret by Bob Ellis Garganey - 4 Great white egret - 1 Snipe - 9 drumming recorded on the breeding bird survey Dunlin Little ringed plover Wheatear
5 May 2016
Todays highlights
Corn bunting by Bob Ellis Curlew sandpiper - 1 Giant white egret - 1 Wheatear - 5 Dunlin - 57 Plenty of activity today in the sunshine. The moorhen and chicks on the front pond are often sheltering in the reeds at t
4 May 2016
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