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Today's sightings
Pallid harrier - last reported sighting at 10:00am. Seen from Lyle hide heading towards the main observatory. Mute swan + cygnets Whooper swan Greylag Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Wigeon Ringed teal Teal Coot Moorhen Crane (x36, Lady fen) Grey heron Great eg
28 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 28/09/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid-High Avocet - 1 (immature) Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Common Snipe - 6 Redshank - 4 Lapwing - 80 Black-headed Gull - 212 Shoveler - 8 Gadwall - 2 Teal - 27 Saline Lagoon Black-headed Gull - 80 Teal - 19 &nbs
28 September 2018
Latest Sightings - Friday September 28th - Whoop Whoop! The Whoopers are back!
It's a crisp and sunny day on the reserve and we have great news - Whoopers are coming in! 16 Whooper swans have been spotted on the Whooper Pond this morning and making a lot of noise. The barnacle geese are also settling in with flocks settling across t
28 September 2018
Wildlife sightings for 28th September 2018
6 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 4 Chiffchaff - South route, sheltered lagoon, wildside 1 Coal Tit - South route feeders 1 Peregrine - hunting over main lake 1 Kestrel - Q.E.W 1 Buzzard - circling over site 2 Kingfisher - w
28 September 2018
Friday's sightings
A colder morning, overcast but as I type the sun is starting to burn through so hopefully another blue sky day is in store. The bore was just pushing through this morning so our Guides in the Hides will be checking the high tide period to see what has b
28 September 2018
Sightings Thursday September 27th
Bright, warm start to the day here at Welney, all hides and Summer walk remain open. 33 cranes now counted on Lady Fen, Pallid harrier has been seen briefly at Lyle hide around 1:15pm And a Ringed teal in front of main Observatory, most likely escaped fro
27 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 27/09/18
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet - 1 (immature) Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Curlew - 1 Lapwing - 60 Herring Gull - 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 (1st winter) Black-headed Gull - 106 Teal - 22 Jackdaw - 60 Starling - 5 Saline Lagoon
27 September 2018
Latest Sightings - Thursday 27th September - Geese and Dragonflies galore
Plenty of geese on the reserve this morning, great views from the Peter Scott Observatory. At the Avenue Tower there are good numbers of Common Darter and Common Hawker Dragonflies out in the sunshine! A male Goshawk was causing trouble around the Flood G
27 September 2018
Wildlife sightings for 27th September 2018
1 Yellow Wagtail - flew over heading South 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 16 Wigeon - main lake, wader scrape 27 Mute Swan - main lake, reservoir lagoon, wader scrape 3 Water Rail - calling from the main reedbed 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospita
27 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 26/09/18
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Teal 41 Avocet (immature) 1 Black-headed gull 83 Curlew 1 Lesser black-backed gull (juvenile) 3 Lapwing 20 Jackdaw 1 Saline lagoon: Wigeon 1 Teal 6 Black-headed gull 4 Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-
26 September 2018
Todays sightings
Pallid Harrier seen at lyle hide at 10.56am Crane 30 Little Grebe Marsh Harrier Greylag Goose Teal Lapwing Grey Heron Swallow Buzzard Kestrel Little Egret Snipe Black tailed Godwit Cormorant Tree Sparrow House Sparrow Goldfinch Wigeon Whooper Swan Mute Sw
26 September 2018
Wildlife sightings for 26th September 2018
1 Little Egret - main lake 6 Water Rail - calling from the main reedbed 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 7 Meadow Pipit - 1 grazing marsh, 6 flying over heading W 3 Chiffchaff - South route, sheltered lagoon 9 Wigeon - main lake, wader scrape 1 Red Cres
26 September 2018
Wednesday's sightings
A small team from WWT Conservation and BU Global Environmental Solutions (BUG) from Bournemouth University are out on the reserve today survey our eel population and helping us understand more about them and inform what we can do to improve the reserve.
26 September 2018
c.7000 Pink-footed Geese
Pink-footed Geese on the Mere A lovely autumn day, light winds and bright sunshine early on. A roosting count of Pink-footed Geese produced just under 7000 birds. A single Barnacle Goose was picked up with Pinks from
25 September 2018
Recent sightings 22nd-25th September
Goshawk from the Kingfisher Kitchen. Photo: Nigel Williams British Steel Hide The highest number of Greenshank at the site has recently been recorded at 79, there have also been 579 Knot, 965 Black-tailed Godwit, 504
25 September 2018