Sightings - Welney
WeBS
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19 December 2011
Today on the reserve
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18 December 2011
Out on the reserve today
At yesterday's 3.30pm feed there were a couple fo barn owls hunting along hundred foot bank, one of which even swooped in front of the main observatory. [...]
11 December 2011
Out on the reserve today
Swan numbers from todays dawn swan count. [...]
6 December 2011
Out on the reserve today
The WeBS count is being conducted today so we will have updated duck numbers on the sightings page soon. [...]
5 December 2011
On the reserve today
Highlights from todays bird count. [...]
5 December 2011
Out on the reserve today
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4 December 2011
Out on the resaerve today
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3 December 2011
Swans X3C and J9N
Last week Peter Blurton managed to spot two swans with yellow leg rings - these were X3C and J9N. Both these swans were ringed at Welney in recent years, X3C in 2009 and J9N in 2007, both are fe [...]
2 December 2011
Out on the reserve today
Last night on the Bewick's flight in event over 3000 swans came in to roost on the washes in front of the Lyle hide. They are coming in to roost between 4-5pm each evening so it is worth tak [...]
1 December 2011
Dawn swan count
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25 November 2011
On the reserve today
Crane - 19 (flew over late afternoon) Barnacle geese - 5 [...]
23 November 2011
WeBS count
Wigeon (2940) Teal (695) Mallard (452) Shoveler (79) Northern Pintail (19) Gadwall (10) Pochard (74) Pink-footed Goose (2) White-fronted Goose (3) Canada Goose (110 [...]
22 November 2011
Out on the reserve today
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21 November 2011
Some familiar faces
This week we've had local media visiting, filming the swans return to Welney and the spectacle at dusk (as it is at its best at the moment). They got some good footage of hundreds and hundreds of swans, whoopers and Bewick's feeding in the arable lan
19 November 2011