Sightings - Welney
Todays sightings
Curlew - 25 on Bank farm feeding around the closest pool to the visitor centre Barn owl - 1 hunting around the visitor centre
4 December 2012
WeBS count
Highlights from the Wetland Birds Survey which was conducted on Monday 3 December, most duck and wader numbers were down due to the extremely high water levels on the Ouse washes. Wigeon - 6232 Mallard - 1061 Tyfted duck - 549 Pochard - 228 Pintail - 22 S
3 December 2012
Swans ring sightings
The evening floodlit feeds are the best ones to see good numbers of swans. Last night, though wet, was calm enough to have good numbers of swans coming close to the observatory to feed. Our Welney regular Baldur with there with his mate, U5S, and 7 cy
25 November 2012
Dawn swan count
Whooper swans - 1766 Bewick's swans - 243
20 November 2012
WeBS count highlights
Wigeon - 2953 Mallard - 887 Teal - 561 Pochard - 174 Pintail - 107 Shoveler - 50 Gadwall - 22 Great crested grebe - 9 Black-tailed godwit - 245 Lapwing - 32 Golden plover - 22 Curlew - 12 Snipe - 12 Redshank - 2 Marsh harrier - 2 Buzzard - 2 Fieldfare - 3
19 November 2012
Yesterday's sightings
Ferruginous duck - 1 Goosander - 2 (flew over at midday) Marsh harrier - 1 female Buzzard - 1 Barn owl - 1
18 November 2012
Weekends sightings
Ferruginous duck - 1, still close to the main observatory with the pochard. Goldeneye - 1 male, seen from the main hide Barn owl - in late afternoon one of the barn owls on site has been perching on the railing in front of the North wing hide, providing v
12 November 2012
Ferruginous duck
Ferruginous duck - 1 female still in amongst the pochard coming in for the feeds. Barn owl - 1 fantastic views of a barn owl after the 3.30pm feed as it perched on the rail; in front of the North wing hide Whooper swans have been coming in to the feeds wi
9 November 2012
Ferruginous duck
Ferruginous duck - 1 female, in amongst the pochard in front of the main observatory and coming in for the swan feeds with them, giving nice close views. Large flocks of lapwing - in fields next to the visitor centre and flying over the reserve this morni
8 November 2012
Todays sightings
Ferruginous duck taken yesterday by Ken Rowe Ferruginous duck - 1 (female in front of main observatory) Rough-legged buzzard - 1 Marsh harrier - 3
7 November 2012
Ferruginous duck
There is a single female Ferruginous duck on site at Welney. It is coming really close to the main hide and is coming in to the swan feeds along with the pochard. There are good photographic opportunities at the moment as the water is quite high, br
6 November 2012
Ferruginous duck
Ferruginous duck - 1 (female, in front of the main observatory)
5 November 2012
Water rail
Water rail - 1 (showing nicely to the right of the main observatory)
4 November 2012
Swan numbers
Earlier in the week the swans on the Ouse washes were counted and at present we have: WWT Welney totals Whooper swan - 2177 Bewick's swan - 5 Ouse washes totals Whooper swan - 2705 Bewick's swan - 5
3 November 2012
WeBS count highlights
Below are a list of highlights from yesterdays WeBS count: Crane - 4 Pink-footed goose - 75 Wigeon - 2772 Teal - 1218 Pintail - 50 Pochard - 49 Tufted duck - 47 Shoveler - 35 Gadwall - 32 Lapwing - 601 Black-tailed godwit - 68 Ruff - 6 Grey plover - 1 Mar
30 October 2012