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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
Latest Sightings - 11th November - Sunny and frosty + named Whooper update
A fantastic sunny and frosty morning on the reserve. Good numbers of Whooper Swan are here with some possible new arrivals, and it seems we have had an influx of Wigeon over the past few days. Here is the full list of named Whooper Swans which have return
11 November 2016
Sightings for Thursday November 10th
On day of the 70th Anniversary of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust we have had some great sightings here at Welney. Berwick's swan (4 in front of Main observatory) Whooper swan Mandarin Pintail Pochard Shoveler Wigeon Crane (2 Friends hide, 3 Reedbed, 7 se
10 November 2016
Wildlife sightings - 10/11/16
a.m. Tide level: High Wader Lake Black-headed gull 40 Eurasian teal 17 Redshank 1 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal 6 Redshank 1 Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 3 Coal tit 5 Willow tit 1 Greenfinch 1 Bullfinch 2 Goldfinch 2 Dunnock 2 Robin 1 Other birds Cormora
10 November 2016
Reserve Update Thursday 10th November
Good numbers of Wigeon are currently using the various pools around the reserve. Most are to be found feeding along the edge of the Folly Pond. They are still joined here by the drake green-winged teal. A male Stonechat has been observed on a number
10 November 2016
Wildlife sightings for 10th November 2016
1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 4 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 8 Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Pintail - grazing marsh 6 Water Rail - sheltered lagoon, grazing marsh, south route, wildside 2 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 1 Peregrine - p
10 November 2016