Sightings - Welney
Dawn Swan Count 12/11/13
Whooper Swan - 2982 Bewick's Swan - 346
13 November 2013
Wetland Bird Survey
Cormorant - 28 Little Egret - 1 Heron - 2 Mute Swan - 84 Bewick's Swan - 2 Whooper Swan 37 Greylag - 179 Canada Goose - 117 Wigeon - 4398 Gadwall - 18 Teal - 1360 Mallard - 1002 Pintail - 132 Shoveler - 139 Pochard - 412 Tufted Duck - 43 Coot - 81 Lapwing
13 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Peregrine - 1 Brambling - 2 (in amongst the chaffinches on beneath the bird feeding station) Curlew Lapwing Pochard - 200 (a large influx of pochaed has taken place over the last couple of days). Pintail - 20 Shoveler - 20 Wigeon Teal
9 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Little grebe - 1 Goosander - 1 (female) Pintail
7 November 2013
Ringed swans at WWT Welney
A few more swans have been identified on the reserve this morning and out in the fields during the day. J9V (Yellow ring) - Old Bedford, a male swan ringed at WWT Welney in 2007 and a winter regular ever since. J57 (yellow ring) - a male swan ringed in Ic
6 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy ibis - 1 (main observatory moving from main lagoon to far side of reserve) Peregrine - 1
6 November 2013
Ringed swans at WWT Welney
It's that time of year again where we welcome back some familiar faces to WWT Welney Wetland Centre in the form of ringed whooper and Bewick's swans. In amongst the crowds of birds we hope to be able to continue the stories of those swans that have at s
5 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Whooper swans - now up to 2000 most are feeding in field to the West of the Ouse washes near Tipps End and Lakes EndBewick's swans - up to 25 individuals Golden plover Lapwing Snipe Pochard numbers are increasing as well as other wintering wildfowl as the
5 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy ibis - 1 Red-crested pochard pair Marsh harrier - 3 Peregrine Lapwing - 100 Black-tailed godwit - 60 Ruff - 5 Pintail - 10 Shoveler - 40 Pochard - 40 Meadow pipit - 6
3 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy ibis - 1 Bewick's swan - 25 on the main lagoon at the evening feed Peregrine - 1 Marsh harrier Pintail Fieldfare
1 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Peregrine - 1 Merlin - 1 Bewick's swan - 1 (main lagoon from 3pm) Fieldfare - 100
31 October 2013
Out on the reserve today
Peregrine 1 Short-eared Owl 1 Wheatear 1
29 October 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy Ibis (1 main obs)
28 October 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy Ibis (26/10) Great White Egret (26/10) Hen Harrier (26/10)
28 October 2013
Out on the reserve today
Peregrine - 1 Wigeon - 2000 Teal - 2000 Pintail Gadwall Shoveler Pochard In the fields around WWT Welney Wetland Centre there are flocks of Lapwing and Golden plover that are increasing in size.
23 October 2013