1 Kingfisher - grazing marsh 5 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon, main lake 8 Teal - main lake, wader scrape 4 Shoveler - main lake 1 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Red Kite - flew over heading West May/June b
30 June 2018
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Shelduck Shoveler Gadwall Mallard + ducklings Garganey (Lyle) Teal Wigeon Coot + chicks Moorhen + chicks Cormorant Grey heron Little egret Avocet + chicks Black tailed godwit Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Oystercatcher Li
30 June 2018
If visiting the site today keep your eyes peeled for one of our Snipe, who has been alternating between Folly Pond, the Paddock and Whooper Pond (where this photo was taken). Today's high tide is at 14:33, 8.6m Around the reserve: Wildflowers Gorse Red C
30 June 2018
Millennium Wetlands Ducklings galore at the moment! With broods of Pochard, Gadwall, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck and Mallard all being seen on Deep Water Lake alongside the Black-Headed Gull chicks. A Mediterranean Gull was seen this week. Also Cormorants
29 June 2018
a.m. Tide level: low Wader Lake Avocet + 3 broods of chicks (13): 29 Redshank: 3 Black tailed godwit: 2 Lapwing: 1 Common tern + young: 51 + 25 Little ringed plover: 1 Shelduck: 4 + 2 Grey heron: 11 Black headed gulls: 12 Saline Lagoon Redshank: 5 Lapwing
29 June 2018
Thursday 28th June Zeiss hide 10 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 27 Avocet, 22 Lapwing, 26 Redshank, Oystercatcher, 8 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall plus brood ducklings, Little Grebe South Lake 146 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, Oystercatcher, 12 Redshank,
29 June 2018
Moorhen + chicks Coot + chicks Black-tailed godwits Ruff Avocet Little egret Grey heron Lapwing Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Common sandpiper Corncrake(heard Friends hide- Allport hide) Cormorant Mallard + ducklings Gadwall x 20 Shoveler Shelduck Wi
29 June 2018
3 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon, reedbed 12 Teal - main lake, wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 4 Shoveler - main lake 15 Swift - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge May/June bird highlights: Temminck’s Stint, Jack Snipe, Gr
29 June 2018
Meadowsweet, the favourite strewing herb of Queen Elizabeth the first! Wildflowers are ‘da bomb’ at Arundel Wetland Centre in summer… the seed bomb that is. Every ‘Wildflower Wednesday’ this July when you
28 June 2018
a.m. - Tide level: low Wader Lake Avocet + 3 broods of 5 chicks: 36 + 1 juvenile Little ringed plover: 2 Redshank: 8 Lapwing: 6 + 2 chicks Common tern: 108 Black headed gull: 52 Grey heron: 27 Saline Lagoon Common sandpiper: 1 Oystercatcher: 1 Grey heron:
28 June 2018
Another bright and Sunny day here at WWT Welney, all hides and Summer walk are open. Sightings so far today: Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Mallard Shelduck Shoveler Wigeon Grey heron Little egret Coot Moorhen Avocet Black-tailed godwit Common sandp
28 June 2018
6 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon, main lake 7 Teal - wader scrape, main lake 4 Black-tailed Godwit - flying NE 3 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 25+ Swift - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Hobby - May/June bird highlights: Temminck
28 June 2018
The warblers are making their presence known again and filling the Avenue with song. A Garden Warbler (not singing!) has been spotted the previous two mornings milling around in the trees beyond Teal Pond Hide. Brown Hares are loving the newly emergin
28 June 2018
The mowing season is well and truly underway and the Reserve Team are hard at work opening up views from hides and selectively cutting small areas to improve habitat for our wildlife. Yesterday the team were working in front of the Martin Smith Hide and
27 June 2018
Mute swan + 7 cygnets Whooper swan Greylag Shelduck Mallard Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Great egret Little egret Black-tailed godwit Redshank Avocet Little ringed plover Lapwing Common tern Black-headed gull Lesser black-backed gull Starling House
27 June 2018