Sightings - Welney
Bewick's are back
Our first Bewick's swan flew in to WWT Welney yesterday, right on schedule and just a day after the first arrival at WWT Slimbridge. So that now we have all three species of UK swan on site for visitors to see. Water levels have peaked and currently o
29 October 2012
Out on the reserve today
Although water levels are rising on the reserve, so that currently the Reedbed hide and Dragonfly ponds are closed and you need wellies for Allport and Friends hides, there are still plenty of birds. All of which are now visible due to the fog clearing.
25 October 2012
Out on the reserve today
Little grebe - 1 (main lagoon) Flocks of black-tailed godwit and lapwing Yesterday: Crane - 13
18 October 2012
Yesterdays sightings
Crane - 13 (Friends hide)
14 October 2012
Out on the reserve today
Cormorants by Ken Rowe Friends hide Crane - 11 Main lagoon Little egret - 6 Marsh harrier - 1 (female) Front pond at visitor centre Water vole - 1 (2 seen yesterday morning) The image accompanying this entry was taken
11 October 2012
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 13 (seen from Friends hide) Whooper swan - up to 200 coming in to roost from Friends hide towards the back of the reserve Kingfisher - 1 (becoming fairly regular) Yesterday - Barn owl late afternoon
10 October 2012
Out on the reserve today
Crane (up to eight birds in recent days) Wheatear (2) Gannet (a juvenile bird flew along the washes yesterday) Jay (8 birds in one flock) Peregrine (1)
2 October 2012
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 5 (moving between reserve and arable fields near the visitor centre) Green sandpiper - 4 (far side of reserve from main observatory) Teal - 3000, numbers of other wildfowl now building as well Peregrine falcon - 1
28 September 2012
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 3 (Friends hide) Avocet - 1, on the main lagoon along with increasing numbers of wildfowl. Lapwing are starting to flock up on the washes as well and today these are using the pools of water at the back of the reserve. Yesterdays sightings: Marsh
27 September 2012
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 5 (from friends hide this morning) Marsh harrier - 3 Peregrine falcon - 1
25 September 2012
Out on the reserve today
Spoonbill - 1 (main lagoon) Along with good numbers of wildfowl, wigeon, teal, shoveler and gadwall. Black-tailed godwit (Friends hide)
24 September 2012
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 3 (Lady Fen) Pectoral sandpiper - at least 1 (accessable via the summer walk) Dunlin - 1 Ringed plover
23 September 2012
Today's sightings
Pectoral sandpiper - 2 Curlew sandpiper - 2 Dunlin - 5 Ruff - 2 Snipe - 3 Ringed plover -10 Black-tailed godwit - 12 Water rail - 1(Lyle hide) Marsh harrier - 3 Buzzard - 2 Hobby - 1 Kingfisher - 2
22 September 2012
Today's sightings
Pectoral sandpiper - 2 Curlew sandpiper - 8 Dunlin - 6 Ringed plover - 42 Spoonbill - 3
21 September 2012
Yesterdays sightings
Pectoral sandpiper - 3 by the end of the day Black-tailed godwit Ruff Dunlin Ringed plover - 20 Teal - over 300 Shoveler - over 50 Pintail Marsh harrier - 2
20 September 2012