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Celebrity Dusty Duck Trail arrives at WWT Welney
Celebrity Dusty Duck Trail This week the Celebrity Dusty Duck Trail has arrived at WWT Welney, ready for visitors to enjoy from Sat 16 September until Sun 29 October. World famous Aardman studios designed Dusty Duck t
14 September 2017
Westerly wind bring seabirds inland
Manx shearwater rescue This morning a local resident brought a grounded Manx shearwater into the centre. With the high winds we've seen across the UK this week, several hundred shearwaters have been blown off course
14 September 2017
Pink-footed Arrivals
Newly arrived Pink-footed Geese coming in from high. Conditions following Storm Aileen looked good for bringing in Pink-footed Geese and in they came. At the time of writing around 1800 birds had come in. The next cou
14 September 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide Spotted Redshank, 3 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 3 Wigeon and 2 Grey Wagtail among the highlights. A juvenile Wood Sandpiper (pic below) dropped in here for a time but was seen on the other scrapes too. Robbie Gar
14 September 2017
Todays sightings
Greylag Canada goose White fronted goose Mallard Teal Moorhen Grey heron Goldfinch Tree sparrow House sparrow Pied wagtail Meadow pipit Kestrel Sparrowhawk Marsh harrier
14 September 2017
Reserve Update Thursday 14th September - Kingfisher on Folly Pond
There was a brief sighting of the Kingfisher again this morning whizzing across the Folly Pond towards the new Paddock hide. On your way through to the hide, stop and have a look at the Ice plant and Joe Pye Weed in the Wildlife Garden as they have bee
14 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 14th September 2017
1 Dunlin - scrape 5 Snipe - main lake, marsh 2 Black Swan - main lake 24 Meadow Pipit - flew SW, W, NW 30 Sand Martin 16 Swallow 21 House Martin August bird highlights: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Knot,
14 September 2017
Today's Highlights
Strong winds today mean that many birds are sheltering out of sight. As it gets calmer they should become easier to spot. Tree Sparrow - bird feeders Sparrowhawk 9 Ruff - Reedbed hide Snipe Green sandpiper Marsh Harrier
13 September 2017
Reserve Update Wednesday 13th August
Lovely start to the morning after the rains overnight (if visiting, do consider bringing your wellington boots). The fist Pink-footed Geese have been seen flying across the reserve yesterday morning. A group of 25 passed high overhead the Peter Scott
13 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 13th September 2017
1 Ruff - wader scrape 2 Snipe - main lake 1 Little Egret - wader scrape 2 Black Swan - main lake 1 Kestrel - grazing marsh 1 Buzzard - over W 1 Hobby - sheltered lagoon 1 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 1 Grey Wagtail - Otter enclosure 3 Meadow Pipit - flew SW 1
13 September 2017
Marsh Harriers
Feeling very autumnal over the last few days with increasing numbers of Pink-footed Geese upto 250 around today.Also a good count of 5 Marsh Harrier as well as 2-3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel and several Common Buzzard. A famil
12 September 2017
Today's Sightings
Green Sandpiper Snipe Ruff Kestrel Little Egret Marsh Harrier Teal Gadwall Shoveler Mallard Grey Heron Black-tailed Godwit Cetti's Warbler Swallow House Martin Whooper Swan Bewick's Swan Tree Sparrow House Sparrow
12 September 2017
Recent Sightings (9th- 12th Sep)
British Steel Hide The highlight of the past few days was a fantastic juvenile Wood Sandpiper that was present for 15 minutes or so on the saline lagoons in the morning of the 12th. Other uncommon (for us) wader species included 3 Ruff, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Ba
12 September 2017
Wildlife sightings - 12/09/2017
Wader Lake (AM, high): Kestrel (pair on camera tower) 2 Gadwall 1 Ruff 1 Grey heron 1 Black-tailed godwit 4 Curlew 51 Shelduck 3 Redshank 68 Lapwing 101 Teal 8 Common snipe 1 Saline Lagoon: Teal 9 Lesser black-backed gull 1 Redshank 2 Hawtho
12 September 2017
Early observations indicate a poor breeding season for the Bewick's swan
Our experts travelled over 2000 miles to the tundra to ring Bewick’s swans but sighted just one cygnet over nine days. The team managed to tag 86 of the magnificent birds but are concerned unseasonably cold weather may have affected numbers. However the
12 September 2017