Welney news
First signs of spring
Garganey by Rod Gathercole Since the start of March we have seen various signs of spring emerging with hares boxing, lapwing performing aerial displays and songbirds filling the car park with music in the mornings.
22 March 2013
The Tom Daley of the duck world hits a record high at WWT Welney
Tufted duck by David Howarth Staff at WWT Welney have recorded the largest ever number of tufted ducks on the Ouse Washes, with numbers hitting an all time high of 3,477. Affectionately known as ‘tufties’, due to
22 February 2013
Swans and snow
Baldur the whooper swan and family Lots of snow at WWT Welney today but we are still open and plan to be all week. The roads are regularly gritted but wellies are still advisable along the paths of the reserv
21 January 2013
Swans on ice
The recent snow and freezing conditions have meant that the swans and ducks have started to take up the local tradition of Fen skating - here are a few images from yesterday out on the Ouse washes when we had a rare sunny day.
18 January 2013
Water levels improving
Flooded footpaths New Years day by Ken Rowe What a wet year 2012 turned out to be! Unfortunately it is not always good weather for ducks as proved at WWT Welney. For the majority of the year there was too high a l
8 January 2013
Early openings and water levels
Swans at sunrise by Susie Haynes WWT Welney will be opening at 7am on the following dates to allow people access to see the flight out of swans just after dawn. Sat 5 Mon 7 Sat 12 Mon 14 Sat 19 Mon 21 Sat 26 Mon 28
4 January 2013
Threatened swans boosted by bumper breeding season
Bewick's at slimbridge Threatened Bewick’s swans are returning from their Russian breeding grounds with the most young that ornithologists have seen in more than a decade. Surveys of the swans’ UK winte
27 December 2012
Early openings and water levels dropping
Sunrise over bank farm WWT Welney will be opening at 7am on the following dates to allow people access to see the flight out of swans just after dawn. Sat 15 Mon 17 Sat 22 Mon 24 Thurs 27 Sat 29 Mon 31 Water levels
14 December 2012
WWT Welney reopens with swan spectacle
After high flood waters on the reserve WWT Welney opens its doors to find hundreds of swans on the newly created wetlands. Swans on new wetlands by Leigh Marshall Whilst the Ouse washes play a vital role
7 December 2012
Spring photography competition winners named at WWT Welney
'The Hunter' Kevin Wooby WWT Welney Wetland Centre have named five winners in the regional Spring heat of the WWT’s Photography Competition 2011 – 2012. Two local amateur photographers have scooped three
15 August 2012
WWT Welney welcomes volunteers who say NO to retirement
Volunteer Norman Ridley Volunteers are the life blood of charities such as the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and with over 35 years experience, ranging from wrestling with swans at catches to being a wetland bodyguard,
3 July 2012
Birdwatchers get in a flap as rare squacco heron flies in to WWT Welney
Squacco heron by Chris Baines Birders have been gathering at WWT Welney in Norfolk this week to see an extremely rare squacco heron which arrived on the weekend. The reason why it has turned up in the UK is unknown
2 July 2012
Mute swans tower above recent floods
Mute swan nest in flood As flooding affects the nesting season on the Ouse washes at WWT Welney, one pair of swans are towering above the lapping water. A determined pair of mute swans are refusing to lose their nest
18 May 2012
Only two weeks of the WWT photography competition Spring heat to go!
New Build by Nigel Picknell These eye-catching new photographs of Britain’s wonderful wildlife show some of the amazing array of wildlife and stunning landscapes that can be seen at WWT’s Welney centre through the
16 May 2012
Ready, set, go for the wetland Olympics
Hares boxing by Simon Stirrup Whilst the UK's sporting elite prepare for the Olympics; nature's athletes compete for much higher stakes. The reserve at WWT Welney is now brimming with courtship displays and competiti
19 March 2012