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South Lake Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Black-tailed Godwit 186 Redshank 94 Ruff 1 Zeiss Hide Curlew Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 248 Redshank 6 Shoveler 14 Holden Tower The hedges a [...]
29 July 2012
Freckled duck feeding for the first time!
Freckled duck are just awesome! They are the messiest of all the ducklings we keep, prefering to turn their food into a scrummy paste rather than to eat it dry. As such they smear it all over their heads until they resemble a group of little punks! These
28 July 2012
Hobby
Fresher than of late and a couple of brief showers promising the possibility of new waders. As it happens the Ruff have increased to 8 birds, 3 Dunlin and 2 juv Little Ringed Plover new in. At least 7 [...]
28 July 2012
Wildlife sightings for 28th July 2012
6 Shoveler - wader scrape 23 Teal - main lake, wader scrape 2 Kestrel - over reserve 10 Black-Tailed Godwit - main lake 1 Redshank - main lake 2 House Sparrow - on path to Peacock [...]
28 July 2012
Today's sigtings-Dowitcher
The South Lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 2nd summer moulting out of summer plumage Black-tailed Godwit 154 Redshank 102 Ruff 3 Lapwing 28 Common Tern 6 The Holden Tower Yellow Wa [...]
28 July 2012
Cranes at Welney
The cranes have returned to Lady Fen and are currently preening, there is also a huge flock of house martins, with some swallows mixed in around the visitor centre, we have already had to rescue four individuals who have overshot the railings and flown in
27 July 2012
Fluffy babies abound at WWT Washington's duckery
The patter of tiny webbed feet is echoing around WWT Washington’s duckery, as our rare and endangered waterbirds continue to hatch. Red-billed whistling duck The rainy weather in spring delayed the typical breeding
27 July 2012
Cranes at Welney
The cranes have returned to Lady Fen and are currently preening, there is also a huge flock of house martins, with some swallows mixed in around the visitor centre, we have already had to rescue four [...]
27 July 2012
Website disruption
Please note that from Saturday 4-Monday 6 August, we won't be able to upload any wildlife sightings due to essential maintenance being carried out on the website. If you would like t [...]
27 July 2012
Greenshank
A Greenshank seen from Ron Barker Hide was a new bird and a further sign of the ongoing wader passage at this time of year, otherwise several Ruff remain but we are now down to 1 Avocet and at least 1 [...]
27 July 2012
Wildlife sightings for 27th July 2012
14 Teal - main lake 4 Shoveler - wader scrape 117 Black Headed Gull - main lake, wader scrape 10 Common Tern ( 4 juv's ) - main lake 1 Kingfisher - flew through world wetlands [...]
27 July 2012
Latest sightings
Long-billed Dowitcher on the South Lake copyright JSLeesWWT The South Lake Long-billed Dowitcher 1 This second summer bird is now in heavy moult and replacing all of its feathers. So it looks [...]
27 July 2012
Neighbourhood arguments.
The sunshine that we have all been craving has arrived with an intensity this week and the flamingos have certainly been spurred on by the mini heatwave. The Chilean flamingos have been squabbling and arguing with each other with renewed vigour, and this
26 July 2012
Insects Galore!
The hot weather has at last brought out the insects in force. Most notable sighting was a White Admiral butterfly which probably wandered from the woodland areas to the north. Other butterflies include Green veined white, Red admiral, Painted lady, Peacoc
26 July 2012
How the summer holidays are going so far......
We are officially 5 days into the summer holidays and we could not have wished for the weather change at such a great time. Except for yesterday we have had over 1000 people in everyday, although yesterday was still 750 even with the drizzle and I am star
26 July 2012