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Recent sightings - 13th November
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, near high tide. The WEBs count today revealed very interesting numbers for some wildfowl species such as Shelduck and Teal, whose numbers are increasing as the winter approaches, an
13 November 2016
Low tide counts
Three sectors were covered today on the monthly Low Tide Counts and what a difference in numbers compared to last Sunday. At least 5 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 72 Pintail, 97 Curlew, Redshank and numbers of gulls of five species were recorded but the l
13 November 2016
Wildlife sightings for 13th November 2016
4 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 12 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 2 Pintail - grazing marsh 2 Stonechat - wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Yellow -legged
13 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Pochard Whooper Swans Bewick Swans Buzzard Wigeon Teal Peregrine Pink-footed Geese Curlew Grey Wagtail - Friends Hide Golden Plover Pintail Dunlin Little Egret
13 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Cranes x6 - Friends Hide Bewick Swans x5 Whooper Swans Teal Wigeon Marsh Harrier x3 Pochard Green Woodpecker Stonechat Peregrine x2 Dunlin x3 Black-tailed Godwit x7 Pintail x14 Little Egret
12 November 2016
Wildlife sightings for 12th November 2016
2 Pintail - grazing marsh 2 jack Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Skylark - grazing marsh 300+ Starling - flew over heading West November bird highlights: Water Pipit, Stonechat, Pintail, Goldeneye, Kingfisher, Peregrine, Snipe, Si
12 November 2016
Latest Sightings - 12th November - Sunshine again!
Another sunny morning on the reserve, and with no wind it's a fantastic day to visit. Wellies would be recommended, as rain overnight has filled a lot of puddles. The Green-winged Teal is still on the Folly Pond beneath the Farmhouse Tower and the two He
12 November 2016
A little rain at last
A little rain has already brought the levels up in the Top and Bottom New Piece fields at the south end of the reserve. This has brought large flocks of Wigeon and Teal to feed. Rushy Bewicks Swan 32 Pintal 35 Pochard 20 Buzzard Holden Tower Whitefronted
12 November 2016
Swan numbers increasing
This week more swans have been arriving at WWT Welney, making the reserve very busy. We will be counting the whooper and Bewick's swans on Tuesday 15 November, but have got over 3,000 in total. There are still over 1,000 swans on the main lagoon each
11 November 2016
Recent Sightings
Sunset cr B Briggs British Steel Hide Cormorant 59 Little Egret 15 Grey Heron 1 Shelduck 9 Wigeon 102 Teal 12 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 1 Grey Plover 2 Lapwing 68 Knot 2 Dunlin c200 Black-tailed Godwit 240 Curlew 5 Redshank 8 Greenshank 11 Black Headed Gull
11 November 2016
Wildlife sightings - 11/11/16
a.m. Tide level: Low Wader Lake Kingfisher 1 Common snipe 2 Redshank 27 Lapwing 30 Shelduck 2 Teal 45 Grey heron 3 Kestrel 2 Saline Lagoon Grey heron 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Willow tit 2 Coal tit 7 Great tit 10 Blue tit 16
11 November 2016
Today's Sightings
Tree Sparrow Kingfisher Little Egret Whooper Swan Wigeon Teal Pintail Pochard Greylag Geese Canada Geese Lapwing Black-tailed Godwit Redshank Curlew Redwing Fieldfare Snipe Golden Plover
11 November 2016
“Swan woman” flying again after injury but heartbroken by news of swan death
“Human swan” conservationist Sacha Dench from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is flying again after being injured while following rare Bewick’s swans on their migration from Russia. She fitted wheels to her paramotor to take pressure off he
11 November 2016
Common scoters at the Slimbridge Duckery 2016.
If you've not been watching our Slimbridge Wildwatch programme then I'm thrilled to announce that in 2016 we have reared a healthy pair of common scoter ducklings from eggs delivered to us by our Arundel centre. Arundel send us their desirable eggs for re
11 November 2016
Wildlife sightings for 11th November 2016
3 Pintail - grazing marsh 6 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Kingfisher - South route 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh near wildside hide 2 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Grey Wagtail - main lake 2 Stonechat - main lake in front of Headley hide 4 Siskin -
11 November 2016