Latest sightings
Dawn Swan Count - 26/11
Whooper Swan - 4123 Bewick's Swan - 506
26 November 2013
Wetland Bird Survey - 25/11
Great-crested Grebe - 2 Cormorant - 19 Heron - 4 Mute Swan - 35 Whooper Swan - 54 Greylag - 233 Canada Goose - 96 Wigeon - 3842 Gadwall - 7 Teal - 693 Mallard - 659 Pintail - 58 Shoveler - 47 Pochard - 317 Tufted Duck - 25 Goldeneye - 2 Moorhen - 5 Coot -
26 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Crane - 5
25 November 2013
Ringed swans at Welney
With so many swans taking a liking to the 'potato soup' on the main lagoon we've had a recent glut of leg ring sightings. The floodlit feeds are also a great time to see some of the Welney regulars! U5S - (yellow ring) a female ringed at WWT Welney in 2
20 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Water rail - 1 (pond behind the visitor centre)
19 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Water rail Water rail - 1 (pond behind visitor centre) Marsh harrier - 2
18 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Otter - 1 Sparrowhawk - 1 Black-tailed godwit Ruff Snipe
17 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Merlin - 1 Buzzard - 1 Marsh harrier - 1
16 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy Ibis - Lyle Hide
13 November 2013
Dawn Swan Count 12/11/13
Whooper Swan - 2982 Bewick's Swan - 346
13 November 2013
Wetland Bird Survey
Cormorant - 28 Little Egret - 1 Heron - 2 Mute Swan - 84 Bewick's Swan - 2 Whooper Swan 37 Greylag - 179 Canada Goose - 117 Wigeon - 4398 Gadwall - 18 Teal - 1360 Mallard - 1002 Pintail - 132 Shoveler - 139 Pochard - 412 Tufted Duck - 43 Coot - 81 Lapwing
13 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Peregrine - 1 Brambling - 2 (in amongst the chaffinches on beneath the bird feeding station) Curlew Lapwing Pochard - 200 (a large influx of pochaed has taken place over the last couple of days). Pintail - 20 Shoveler - 20 Wigeon Teal
9 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Little grebe - 1 Goosander - 1 (female) Pintail
7 November 2013
Ringed swans at WWT Welney
A few more swans have been identified on the reserve this morning and out in the fields during the day. J9V (Yellow ring) - Old Bedford, a male swan ringed at WWT Welney in 2007 and a winter regular ever since. J57 (yellow ring) - a male swan ringed in Ic
6 November 2013
Out on the reserve today
Glossy ibis - 1 (main observatory moving from main lagoon to far side of reserve) Peregrine - 1
6 November 2013