Todays Sightings
A beautiful morning on the reserve. The water has come up slightly so the dragonfly ponds are now closed but all the hides are open.
There were still 70 Bewick's swans at Friends hide this morning at 10am. We now have 9000 swans roosting on the reserve they spend the day out in the fields surrounding Welney during the day feeding on sugar beet tops and mouldy potatoes. They are returning back to the Ouse washes to roost at 4:30pm so great to watch them fly in after the 3:30pm swan feed.
Todays sightings
Bewick's swan
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Egyptian goose
Shelduck
Mallard
Teal
Tufted duck
Pochard
Shoveler
Wigeon
Pintail
Gadwall
Black-headed gull
Lesser black backed gull
Cormorant
Little egret
Grey heron
Curlew
Black-tailed godwits
Golden plover 3000+
Lapwing
Dunlin
Ruff
Redshank
Snipe
Peregrine
Marsh harrier
Barn owl
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Rook
Crow
Jackdaw
Magpie
Moorhen
Coot
Water rail - calling at the main observatory
Woodpigeon
Collared dove
Stock dove
House sparrow
Tree sparrow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Redwing
Fieldfare
Cetti's warbler
Blue tit
Great tit
Wren
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
Reed bunting
