Sightings - Welney
Out on the reserve today
Osprey - 1 (briefly in front of Friends and Lyle hide) Crane - 3 Butterflies Comma Common blue Speckled wood Small tortoiseshell
2 September 2013
Out on the reserve today
Osprey - 1 flew North past the main observatory Hobby - 2 Common sandpiper - 1 Black-tailed godwits Garganey - 1 drake in eclipse plumage from the Nelson-Lyle hide
30 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Green sandpiper - 2 Ringed plover - 2 Marsh harrier - 1 Buzzard - 1 Wildfowl numbers are now increasing with wigeon teal, mallard and shoveler in front of the hides.
29 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Ruff - 5 Black-tailed godwit - 10 Common sandpiper - 1 Little ringed plover Ringed plover Yellow wagtail - 5 this morning but there have been more following the herd of cattle in front of the main observatory
25 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Marsh harrier - 2 Hobby - 1 Little ringed plover - 2 Ringed plover - 2 Common sandpiper - 1 Green sandpiper - 2 Red underwing moths
24 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Curlew sandpiper - 1 Green sandpiper - 5 Greenshank - 1 Black-tailed godwit - 10 Little ringed plover - 2 Oystercatcher - 2 Whinchat - 2 Yellow wagtail - lots in amongst the cattle Clouded yellow butterfly - 2 Lyle hide Black-tailed godwi
22 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Lyle hide Marsh harrier - 1 female Main hide Black-tailed godwit - 48 Ruff - 2 Little ringed plover - 2 Snipe Clouded yellow butterflies Red underwing moths
20 August 2013
Today's Sightings
Main Observatory Yellow Wagtail - 4 Green Sandpiper - 2 Oystercatcher - 3 Black-tailed Godwit - 4
18 August 2013
Today's Sightings
4 Wheatear and a Marsh Harrier seen on Lady Fen close to the visitor centre and a Barn Owl perched outside the main doors at 8am.
14 August 2013
Today's Sightings
73 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper (main observatory).
13 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Green Sandpiper - 2 Common Sandpiper - 1 Tree Sparrow - 4 Kestrel - 1 Marsh Harrier - 2 Whimbrel - 1 Little Grebe + Chicks
12 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Green sandpiper - 2 Common sandpiper - 1 Yellow wagtail - 1
6 August 2013
Moths at Welney
We set a trap Sunday night and this is what we had caught to show visitors first this Monday morning: Silver Y moth Sliver Y (you can see these flying in the day along the reserve feeding on the flowers) Poplar hawkmo
6 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Green sandpiper - 2 Common sandpiper - 1 Ruff - 2 Greenshank - 1 Hobby -1 Lyle hide Crane - 3
5 August 2013
Insects in abundance
This weekend the insect life is taking centre stage, we do still have some interesting birds on site with cranes, dunlin and green sandpiper yesterday but there are insects everywhere! Our next moth catch will be tonight with the moths caught, on show t
4 August 2013