Welney sightings - 04/09/2025
Sightings for Thursday 4th September 2025
All hides open and summer walk and Lady Fen loop open
Centre open until 17:00
Welney After Hours – Explore the reserve at dusk with a warden to get closer to our nocturnal wildlife, book now on our website.
Highlights:
Whooper swan
Pochard
Marsh harrier
Temminck’s stint
Dunlin
Green sandpiper
Cranes (x8)
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Grey heron
Great white egret
Little egret
Water rail
Ruff
Snipe
Little-ringed plover
Redshank
Black-tailed godwit
Lapwing
Coot
Moorhen
Pintail
Gadwall
Shelduck
Shoveler
Mallard
Teal
Swallow
House martin
Sand martin
Sedge warbler
Reed warbler
Reed bunting
Goldfinch
Pied wagtail
Yellow wagtail
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Great tit
Blue tit
Robin
Wren
Starling
Blackbird
Wood pigeon
Collared dove
Stock dove
Common tern
Black headed gull
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Marsh Harrier
Buzzard
Kestrel
