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Todays Highlights
Ruderal bumblebee by Georgette Taylor On Tuesday the reserve team were working hard out on the pools, clearing the islands and creating muddy edges. This work creates fantastic habitat for passage migrant waders, ou
13 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Black-tailed godwit Ruff Snipe Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Greenshank Ringed plover House martin
11 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Tree sparrow Hobby-2 on Lady Fen Marsh harrier Tree sparrow-on feeder beside cafe Yellow wagtail Dunlin-3 Black-tailed godwit-6 Ruff-38 Wood sandpiper-2 Common sandpiper-2 Green sandpiper-6 Snipe-2 Green woodpecker-2
10 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Cuckoo Marsh harrier Dunlin Greenshank Ruff-9 Hobby Green sandpiper-3 Kingfisher-summer walk Kestrel Tree sparrows Otter footprints-under bridge
9 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff - 36 Garganey -2 Green sandpiper-2 Common sandpiper-1 Marsh harrier Black-tailed godwit-8 Greenshank Buzzard Yellow wagtail Snipe Kingfisher Tree sparrow
8 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff- 36 Garganey- 2 Green sandpiper- 2 Common sandpiper Marsh harrier Black- tailed godwit Greenshank Buzzard Yellow wagtail Snipe Kingfisher
8 August 2015
Today's Highlights
It was a lovely sunny day out on the washes today with a flourish of birds and insects for visitors to see. Wood sandpiper Ruff- 8 Common sandpiper Green sandpiper- Friends hide Greenshank- Lyle hide Hobby- 2 seen from café Ringed plover Snipe Kingfisher
6 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Wood sandpiper- 3 Green sandpiper- 3 Common sandpiper- 2 Black-tailed godwit- 10 Ruff- 20 Redshank Greenshank Snipe Pied wagtail Quail- singing by Friends hide Marsh harrier Hobby Yellow wagtail
5 August 2015
Todays highlights
Main observatory Wood sandpipers x3 Ruff 21 Black-tailed godwits 6 Avocet 1 Common tern 2 Greenshank 2 Green sandpiper 1 Hobby 1
4 August 2015
Todays Highlights
A beautiful sunny day at WWT Welney the main observatory is providing lots of bare mud for our passage waders. These include 2 curlew sandpipers wood sandpiper Green sandpipers Common sandpiper Ruff Black-tailed godwits Redshanks Lapwing Also on site to
2 August 2015
Big Twitch!
Today is big twitch we are trying to see as many species as we can in a day.... so far we have found 215 species of plant, 11 species of butterfly, 9 species of dragonfly and 80 species of bird. Birds Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Goose Shelduck Mallard
1 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Green sandpiper-5 Wood sandpiper-1 Common sandpiper-1 Ruff Redshank-5 Marsh harrier Little egret
28 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff Hobby Marsh harrier Snipe Green sandpiper Common sandpiper
26 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Sanderling Dunlin Snipe Black-tailed godwit Ruff Green sandpiper Common sandpiper
25 July 2015
Today's Highlights
Kingfisher Ruff Black-tailed godwits
24 July 2015