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Sightings Sunday 4th February
Cold and overcast here at Welney at the moment, Water levels continue to drop, Lyle and Nelson-Lyle hides are open recommend Waterproof footwear, Also Friends hide is now open but you will need wellies for getting to this hide. Sightings today: Bewick's s
4 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 4th February 2018
4 Bittern - main lake SE corner & N shore 1 Black-tailed Godwit - grazing marsh (p.m.) 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 5 Pintail - main lake 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Goldeneye - main lake 16 Mandarin - wildside, world wetlands 2 Peregrine - perched on th
4 February 2018
Raptor Fest
A murky start on Saturday clearing later on. Another good raptor day with at least 7 Marsh Harrier on the reserve. A couple of sightings of Merlin in the morning at least, 5+ Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine and Sparrowhawk. Roosting Tawny Owl near the Kingf
3 February 2018
Today's Sightings
Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Egyptian goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Pintail Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Goldeneye Cormorant Coot Moorhen Black-tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Dunlin Golden plover Lapwing Black-headed gull Lesser
3 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 3rd February 2018
2 Bittern - main lake north shore 10 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Pipit -wader scrape 8 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake (in front of Headley hide) 18 Redwing - entrance
3 February 2018
Latest Sightings - 3rd Feb - Otter & White-fronts
An Otter in the Whooper Pond at 08:30 this morning was a pleasant surprise, it fished for 20 minutes before disappearing into the Back Pond. The 8 Greenland White-fronted Geese are still here having gone missing yesterday morning. They reappeared yesterda
3 February 2018
Today's Highlights
Whooper swans Mute swans Canada Geese Greylag Shelduck Pintail Mallard Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Black-tailed godwit Snipe Moorhen Lapwing Tree sparrow Reed bunting Goldfinch Fieldfare Meadow pipit Pied wagtail Marsh harrier
2 February 2018
The sun is shining
The sun has come out this morning giving a lovely winter light across the reserve. Highlights so far include the Glossy Ibis which arrived on the South Lake around 8:30am before moving to the roadside fields around mid morning. Yesterday the bird retu
2 February 2018
Recent Sightings (31st Jan-2nd Feb)
British Steel Hide Some nice early morning high tides pushed good numbers of waders onto the lagoons, including c.500 Dunlin, c.650 Black-tailed Godwits, c.150 Redshank, 20 Knot, c.250 Curlew, 53 Lapwing and 1 Spotted Redshank (on the 2nd). Wildfowl ha
2 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 2nd February 2018
1 Goldeneye - main lake 8 Pintail - main lake, reservoir lagoon 2 Shelduck - main lake 7 Redwing - entrance lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh January bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern, Goldeneye, Brent Goose, Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, Peregrine, Ki
2 February 2018
Latest Sightings - 2nd Feb - World Wetlands Day
No sign of the Greenland White-fronted Geese this morning, but they could still be here somewhere. A male Hen Harrier was hunting over the merse at 09:30 disturbing the ducks in the pools. Today is World Wetlands Day and in celebration, we have been build
2 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 01/02/2018
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Mute swan 1 Stock dove 7 Shelduck 27 Lapwing 90+ (very mobile thanks to a hunting sparrowhawk!) Grey heron 7 Black-headed gull 59 Common snipe 1 Eurasian teal 23 (17 male and 6 female) Sparrowhawk 1 (large mature female)
1 February 2018
Sightings for Thursday February 1st
Another Bright and Sunny start to the day here at Welney, Rain moving in mid afternoon, water levels are dropping and we have now opened Lyle and Nelson-Lyle hides BUT you will need wellies to get to these, all other hides remain closed. Sightings today:
1 February 2018
World Wetlands Day: A countdown from Sri Lanka
Nadeera Rubaroe, 45, World Bank consultant, Colombo, Sri Lanka The wetlands we see today in Colombo are remnants of once an extensive system of marshes on which the city was built by gradually filling and draining it. The last three to four decades have
1 February 2018
Wildlife sightings for 1st February 2018
1 Bittern - main lake North shore, showing well from Headley Hide 2 Shelduck - main lake 7 Pintail - main lake 3 Snipe - main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 3 Redwing - South route January bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Bittern, Goldeneye, Bren
1 February 2018