Sightings - Welney
Out on the reserve today
Comma butterfly Hobby Wood sandpiper - 2 Green sandpiper - 5 Greenshank - 1 Black-tailed godwit - 8 Avocet Dragonflies Brown hawker Southern Hawker Emperor Dragonfly Common Darter Ruddy Dater Butterflies Peacock Comma
24 July 2014
Glossy ibis
Glossy ibis The glossy ibis is out feeding on the pool on Lady Fen again, providing good views from the Wigeon cafe and veranda. Friends hide Wood sandpiper - 1 Main observatory Water rail Greenshank Green sandpiper -
20 July 2014
Glossy ibis
Glossy ibis The glossy ibis is back on Lady Fen this morning feeding on the pool nearest the visitor centre. It can be easily viewed from the Wigeon cafe and veranda. Also on Lady Fen: Little egret House martins Swa
19 July 2014
Out on the reserve today
Greenshank - 1 Green sandpiper - 4 Bar-tailed godwit - 12 Ruff - 2 Barn owl - 1
18 July 2014
Glossy ibis
A perfect after lunch treat as a glossy ibis called into the pool infront of the centre (Lady Fen) to feed. Also on lady fen .... Black-tailed godwits Lapwings Redshank Mallards Shovelers Teal Coot Moorhen Black-headed gulls Little egrets Pied wagtails
15 July 2014
Todays sightings
A great start to the morning with plenty of waders and ducklings on the reserve. The number of black-tailed godwits are fluctuating, a few of them have colour rings on. If you see a bird with colour rings please try and get the combination and either
15 July 2014
Todays sightings
A beautiful day out on the reserve with lots of fledgling waders and black-headed gulls. Small wader chicks have been seen out on the reserve including under a week old snipe chicks, lapwing chicks and avocet chicks. The dragonflies are basking in the
14 July 2014
Today's highlights
Green sandpiper x 4 (main obs) Greenshank x 6 (Friends hide) Common sandpiper x 2 (main obs) Marsh harrier (main obs) Cuckoo Dunlin Wood sandpiper Little egrets
13 July 2014
Today's Highlights
Lady Fen 2 Cranes Main observatory Avocet Mallard Moorhen 5 green sandpipers Yellow wagtail Gadwall Teal Common tern
12 July 2014
Highlights on Lady Fen
Redshank Little egret Oystercatcher Lapwing Wood sandpiper Green sandpiper
11 July 2014
Out on the reserve
11 black-tailed godwits cuckoo - Nelson-Lyle hide
10 July 2014
Out on the reserve
Black-tailed godwits Avocets Shoveler Teal
9 July 2014
A great day on the reserve
Today we had a great day on the reserve lots of fledgling waders and a few small wader chicks which are either second broods or ones who failed in the first attempt and are having another go. Plenty of dragonflies and damselflies zipping along the footpat
8 July 2014
Todays sightings
The water vole on the front pool has been seen today, it's been feeding on the reeds. You can tell a water vole has been eating the reeds as there is a 45 degree cut out of it. This water vole has created a feeding platform which it sits on to eat its ree
6 July 2014
Todays sightings
Green sandpiper x4 Black-tailed godwits x47 Little grebe Dragonfly sightings Southern hawker Emperor dragonfly Ruddy darter Scarce chaser Broad-bodied chaser Blue-tailed damselfly Red-eyed damselfly Azure damselfly Common blue damselfly Brown hawker Butte
5 July 2014