Latest sightings
Out on the reserve today
Lyle hide Marsh harrier - 1 female Main hide Black-tailed godwit - 48 Ruff - 2 Little ringed plover - 2 Snipe Clouded yellow butterflies Red underwing moths
20 August 2013
Today's Sightings
Main Observatory Yellow Wagtail - 4 Green Sandpiper - 2 Oystercatcher - 3 Black-tailed Godwit - 4
18 August 2013
Today's Sightings
4 Wheatear and a Marsh Harrier seen on Lady Fen close to the visitor centre and a Barn Owl perched outside the main doors at 8am.
14 August 2013
Today's Sightings
73 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper (main observatory).
13 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Green Sandpiper - 2 Common Sandpiper - 1 Tree Sparrow - 4 Kestrel - 1 Marsh Harrier - 2 Whimbrel - 1 Little Grebe + Chicks
12 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Green sandpiper - 2 Common sandpiper - 1 Yellow wagtail - 1
6 August 2013
Moths at Welney
We set a trap Sunday night and this is what we had caught to show visitors first this Monday morning: Silver Y moth Sliver Y (you can see these flying in the day along the reserve feeding on the flowers) Poplar hawkmo
6 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Green sandpiper - 2 Common sandpiper - 1 Ruff - 2 Greenshank - 1 Hobby -1 Lyle hide Crane - 3
5 August 2013
Insects in abundance
This weekend the insect life is taking centre stage, we do still have some interesting birds on site with cranes, dunlin and green sandpiper yesterday but there are insects everywhere! Our next moth catch will be tonight with the moths caught, on show t
4 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 3 (Lyle hide) Green sandpiper - 5 Greenshank - 1 Little ringed plover - 4 Dunlin - 3 Last night 19 Whimbrel flew over the reserve.
3 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Common Sandpiper - 2 Green Sandpiper - 3 Dunlin - 2 Avocet - 2 Ruff - 3 Egyptian Goose - 3 Snipe - 3 Yellow Wagtail
2 August 2013
Out on the reserve today
Greenshank Little ringed plover - 4
29 July 2013
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 3 (North of Friends hide) Ruff - 4 Little ringed plover - 4 Green sandpiper - 2 Black-tailed godwit - 30 Dunlin - 1 Avocet - 10 Hobby - 1
28 July 2013
Out on the reserve today
Little ringed plover - 7 Green sandpiper Ruff
27 July 2013
Out on the reserve today
Hobby - 1 Marsh harrier - 1 Little ringed plover - 4 Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Ruff - 2 Snipe
25 July 2013