Sightings - Welney
On the reserve today
A peacock butterfly yesterday was the first of the year. [...]
2 March 2012
Dawn Swan Count
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28 February 2012
WeBS Count
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27 February 2012
Dawn Swan Count
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21 February 2012
Out on the reserve today
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21 February 2012
Dawn Swan Count
There was no dawn swan count this week. Due to frozen conditions few birds were roosting on site. We hope to count again on 21st Feb. [...]
16 February 2012
WeBS
Frozen conditions means many birds have moved off the washes to find open water, resulting in low numbers for this weeks count. [...]
13 February 2012
Out on the reserve today
There is quite a bit of activity in front of the main observatory and Lyle hide again today with these areas being the largest areas of open water. Look out for wigeon on the Hundred Foot drain [...]
8 February 2012
Out on the reserve today
Lyle hide and the main observatory overlook the largest areas of open water on the reserve and so are currently the best hides for watching our wildfowl, look out for all the usual suspects including: [...]
6 February 2012
Dawn Swan Count
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31 January 2012
WeBS Count
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30 January 2012
Out on the reserve today
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29 January 2012
Out on the reserve today
There were some familiar faces amongst the whooper swans at the 12noon feed today including: U5B - Baldur and his mate U5S with their brood of 5 cygnets L6L - Toby Two, ringed at Welney in 200 [...]
23 January 2012
Water rail
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23 January 2012
Recent leg-ringed swans
Quite a few swans at the 6.30pm feed last night coming up onto the walkway that we feed off meant that there were some interesting ringed swans to be seen. The rings below are the typical yellow [...]
20 January 2012