Welney sightings - 21/02/23
Sightings for Tuesday 21st February
Highlights:
Raven (in flight)
Red kite
Barn owl
Whooper swan
Cranes x4 (Friends hide)
Spoonbill x 3
Totals below are from the WeBS count today:
Mute swan
Greylag goose - 10
Canada goose
Egyptian goose - 3
Shelduck - 103
Shoveler - 176
Pintail - 138
Goldeneye - 12
Tufted duck - 200
Mallard - 325
Pochard - 380
Wigeon - 1482
Teal - 646
Gadwall - 80
Coot - 373
Moorhen - 4
Water rail - 1
Great crested grebe - 4
Little grebe - 1
Cormorant - 50
Black-tailed godwit - 1119
Golden plover - 500
Curlew
Oystercatcher - 3
Snipe
Redshank - 6
Lapwing - 1133
Dunlin - 7
Ringed plover - 1
Ruff - 1
Lesser black-backed gull - 52
Black-headed gull - 36
Common gull - 38
Herring gull - 1
Grey heron - 3
Little egret - 1
Cattle egret - 4
Great white egret - 8
Crane - 4
Starling - 10
Pheasant - 5
Tree sparrow - 5
House sparrow - 20
Reed bunting - 6
Goldfinch - 10
Chaffinch - 5
Greenfinch - 8
Blackbird - 5
Redwing - 2
Fieldfare - 124
Robin - 5
Long-tailed tit - 2
Great tit - 5
Blue tit - 2
Dunnock - 1
Wren - 2
Pied wagtail - 4
Meadow pipit - 28
Skylark - 5
Stonechat - 4
Cetti's warbler - 1
Green woodpecker - 2
Rook - 20
Jackdaw - 30
Carrion crow - 10
Stock dove - 15
Collard dove - 5
Wood pigeon - 423
Magpie - 12
Kestrel - 7
Red kite - 1
Barn owl - 3
Marsh harrier - 5
Buzzard - 4
