Sightings for Wednesday 18th July
A warm start to the day here at WWT Welney, all hides and Summer walk are open and already a good number of birds seen with more waders turning up to feed on the areas where water levels are dropping.
Sightings so far today:
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Mallard
Shelduck
Shoveler
Coot
Moorhen
Grey heron
Little egret
Avocet
Black-tailed Godwit
Green sandpiper (2 on bank farm, 1 at Friends hide)
Lapwing
Little-ringed plover
Redshank
Ruff
Snipe
Blackbird
Blue tit
Goldfinch
Great tit
House sparrow
Pied wagtail
Reed warbler
Sedge warbler
Tree sparrow
Whitethroat
Wren
House martin
Swallow
Cuckoo
Green woodpecker
Carrion crow
Jackdaw
Rook
Black-headed gull
Common tern
