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Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Bewick's swans Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose White-fronted goose x 8 Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Tufted duck Ring-necked duck Cormorant Coot Moorhen Water rail Great egret Cattle egret x 2 Litt

12 January 2019

Jack Snipe and Water Rails

Jack Snipe and Water Rails

Rushy Bewick's Swan 108 Pintail 120 Pochard 110 Teal 300 Lapwing 400 Redshank 1 Dunlin 3 Snipe 7 Robbie Garnett Snipe 1 Jack Snipe 1 showing well (09.00) Great close up views of Pintail, Wigeon and Teal. Tack Piece   Whitefronted Goose 10 Close views

12 January 2019

Latest Sightings - Saturday 12th January

Latest Sightings - Saturday 12th January

Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day No sign of the Green-winged Teal yet this morning, but it could still be around. Not as many Teal on the Folly Pond first thing, so it could have moved to the Flood Ground or Teal Pond. A large floc

12 January 2019

Pintail & Bittern on our main lake

Pintail & Bittern on our main lake

Kestrel hunting off the Nature Trail (Tom McKibbin) 1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 3 Snipe - wader scrape 6 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Yellow Legged Gull - main lake 11 Fieldfare - entrance area 1 Water

12 January 2019

Wildlife sightings - 11/01/19

Wildlife sightings - 11/01/19

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Grey heron 5 (in heron hedge) Shelduck Teal Shoveler Curlew Common snipe Black-headed gull Kestrel 1 (in heron hedge)   Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Curlew 60 Shelduck 4 Teal 8   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Bramb

11 January 2019

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose White-fronted goose x 8 Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Water rail Little egret Black-tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Lapwi

11 January 2019

Latest Sightings - Friday 11th January - Green-winged Teal is back

Latest Sightings - Friday 11th January - Green-winged Teal is back

Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day The drake Green-winged Teal has reappeared on the Folly Pond today, currently best viewed from Sharp's Lookout. Named Whooper Swan arrivals: YHS - Solway Siren Lost Darvic - Hagar YJL - Linda H YSJ

11 January 2019

Great Views of Whitefronted Geese

Great Views of Whitefronted Geese

South Lake Hide Good flock of 640 Lapwings with 4 Ruff, 20 Dunlin and 2 Black Tailed Godwit among them. A couple of snipe around the edges  and 240 Teal. Only a handful of Pochard and Tufted Duck this morning but 6 Cormorant and a Great Crested Grebe. Th

11 January 2019

Duck Duck Pipit??

Duck Duck Pipit??

5 Pintail - main lake 1 Goldeneye - sheltered lagoon 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 2 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Iceland Gull - main lake December/January bird highlights: Shelduck, Goldeneye,

11 January 2019

Water Pipit feeding close to the Wildside Hide

Water Pipit feeding close to the Wildside Hide

Water Pipit by Naomi Landy 1 Caspian Gull 2nd winter - reservoir lagoon 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 1 Water Pipit - marsh 1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Kestrel (female) - sheltered lagoon &nbs

10 January 2019

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Whooper swan Bewick's swan Mute swan Bean goose Canada goose Greylag goose White fronted goose Pink footed goose Pochard Pintail Shelduck Wigeon Mallard Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Gadwall Coot Moorhen Little egret Cattle egret x2 Snipe Dunlin Redshank Lap

10 January 2019

Wildlife sightings - 10/01/19

Wildlife sightings - 10/01/19

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Shelduck 4 Shoveler 2 Teal 10 Black-headed gull 175 Grey heron 3 Snipe 3 Herring gull 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Teal 3 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Great spotted woodpecker 2 Great tit 7 Blue tit 9 Willow tit 1 Coal tit 3 Dunn

10 January 2019

Chilly again

Chilly again

A colder than expected start to the morning with some ice here and there.  A total of 104 Bewick's Swans were on the Rushy this morning. South Lake 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 500+ Lapwing, Great Crested Grebe, 64 Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 22 Pochard, 36 Shoveler

9 January 2019

1078 Whooper Swan

1078 Whooper Swan

A lovely frosty start to the day and this winter's highest count of Whooper Swan with 1078 birds present on the reserve this morning. Fairly static counts of roosting Pink-footed Geese with 5439 also present. Locally 4 European White-fronted Geese have be

9 January 2019

Sightings for Wednesday 9th January

Sightings for Wednesday 9th January

Bright but windy day again here at Welney, all hides are open or you may want to keep warm in our heated main Observatory whered the Ringed-necked duck is showing well again. Sightings so far today: Bewick's swan Black swan Mute swan Whooper swan Bean goo

9 January 2019