Latest sightings
Out on the reserve today
Great white egret - 1 (Reedbed hide towards the summer walk) Avocet - 58 (first two broods have hatched from the Lyle hide) Little ringed plover - 2 Main observatory Cuckoo Sedge warbler
13 May 2014
World Migratory Bird Day
This weekend is World Migratory Bird Day it is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. Highlights today include: Great white egret - flew past the main observatory 110 swifts ov
11 May 2014
Todays Sightings
Today is the first day of World Migratory Bird Day which it is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. Out on the reserve today: Great White Egret Snipe - Lady Fen Lapwings + ch
10 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Common tern - 2 Little ringed plover - 2 Cuckoo - 1 House martins starting to nest above the windows Swallows prospecting the North wing hide Shoveler Shelduck Lady Fen Lapwing - several pairs with chicks Redshank Shelduck Avocet
8 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Cranes Lady Fen Crane - 2 Additional sightings from yesterday: Red kite - 1 (flew West over the centre and reserve) Great white egret - 1 (Lyle hide)
6 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Hobby - 2 Cuckoo - 1
5 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Linnet Swift - 5 Reedbed hide/dragonfly ponds Hairy dragonfly Willow warbler Sedge warbler Reed warbler Main observatory Little ringed plover - 4 Pochard - 2 Avocet Lyle hide Avocet - the majority of pairs are nesting
4 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Lapwing and chicks easily visible on the splash of water next to the visitor centre. Swallows and house martins flying over the water. Sightings from the weekend: Whimbrel - 1 Bar-tailed godwit - 1 Black-tailed godwit - 13 Garganey Marsh harrier
28 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Whimbrel - 1 Swallow - 4 Gadwall Shoveler Shelduck Lapwing Redshank Oystercatcher Coot on nest Sedge warbler Sightings from yesterday: Great white egret - 2 Garganey Pintail - 2 (Lady Fen)
25 April 2014
Breeding Birds Survey
Today we started the morning with the breeding birds survey which enables us to estimate the breeding populations at WWT Welney. We have been carrying out the survey since 1972! Highlights include: Buzzard 1 Garganey (Lyle Hide) Whimbrel (Main Observato
23 April 2014
Lots of lapwing chicks
Spring has sprung and there are lots of lapwing chicks running about Lady Fen today. Also out on the reserve this morning: Great white egret (Reedbed Hide) Whimbrel – 1 (Lady Fen) Black-tailed godwits Garganey (Main Observatory) Avocets Redshanks Litt
22 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Great white egret - 2 Whimbrel - 1 (Lady Fen) Greenshank Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank PeregrineHobby Sedge warbler Water vole on the front pond Caught on the small mammal survey this morning: Water shrew Bank vole Field vole Wood mouse
21 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Lyle hide Peregrine - 1 Avocet - 50 Gadwall Wigeon Visitor centre pond Water vole - 1
20 April 2014
Great white egret
Great white egret - 2 (feeding between Reedbed hide and Nelson-Lyle hide)
17 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Main hide Marsh harrier - 1 (female, hunting along the reeds) Little ringed plover - 1 Avocet - 10 Redshank - 6 Lady Fen Yellow wagtail Lapwing and chicks Shelduck
16 April 2014