For the past two years, we have been rewarding people for their game-changing work with wetlands. So many people across the UK work hard to make a difference for wetland wildlife yet their enormous efforts are overlooked. That is why this year we have add
16 May 2018
1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 1 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 3 Lapwing chicks - grazing marsh 1 Pheasant - wader scrape bank 20 Swift - South route 1 Kestrel - hunting over South route April/May bird
16 May 2018
The pitter patter of little feet continues with Moorhen chicks hatching out on our raised pond this weekend (so take care if pond dipping around there!) There have also been mallard ducklings on Folly Pond....but still no Mute Swan or Oystercatcher chic
16 May 2018
Downy Duckling Week is back at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre this spring half term! This exclusive one week only experience will take visitors behind-the-scenes of our special nursery to meet newly hatched fluffy ducklings! You can enjoy a special egg-to-d
16 May 2018
Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Lots of activity around the reserve over the past few days. Song birds include 15 Whitethroat, 16 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 17 Sedge Warbler a d 6 Reed Warbler. There has also b
15 May 2018
Avocets over the grounds Rushy Hide A couple more Avocet pairs were looking at potential nest sites to add to the two pairs already nesting. A few Black-tailed Godwit and a pair of Oystercatcher also present. 20+ Shelduck, 10+ Tufted Duck as well as Mall
15 May 2018
Overcast start to the day here at Welney but sun is now out and promises to be a bright dry day. All hides are open, Summer walk remains closed. Please Note our lifts are still out of action so access to the reserve is via stairs only, however you are sti
15 May 2018
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 36 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 4 Common tern 102+ Little-ringed plover 2 Common Whitethroat 3 (along footpath) Grey heron 9 + 9 juveniles Lesser black-backed gull 2 Stock dove 1 Oystercatcher 2 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 1 R
15 May 2018
2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 2 Shelduck - wader scrape 1 Redshank - wader scrape 3 Lapwing chicks - grazing marsh 7 Swift - main lake 6 Blackcap - South route, sheltered lagoon, wildside 1 Kestrel - South route April/May bird
15 May 2018
Holden Tower The Avocet colony is very busy, what is likely to be the fifth brood has hatched today with many more nests yet to hatch. The parents spend a day or two at the scrape then lead the young to nearby scrapes or even the estuary. Lapwing (with br
14 May 2018
Cranes Black-tailed godwit Little ringed plover Ringed plover Avocet Redshank Lapwing Common Sandpiper Little egret Bittern-Main Obs Oystercatcher Coot Moorhen Cormorant Barnacle geese Egyptian geese Whooper swan Mute swan Gadwall Shoveler Pintail Teal Wi
14 May 2018
One of the three lapwing chicks recently hatched out opposite the Ramsar hide. Nature notes with Reserve Manager Paul Stevens: Sunny weather with a bit of rain has spurred on the spring wild flowers. Yellow flag iris
14 May 2018
Work will this week begin on the Duck Decoy, as part of the HLF funded Slimbridge 2020 project, so we’ve taken a look back at the history of the structure that was instrumental in Sir Peter Scott’s journey from wildfowler to pioneering conservationist.
14 May 2018
Students from Newcastle University have worked alongside our staff to create exciting new habitats for the wildlife we protect on site. The third year Architecture degree students have collectively produced an experimental nature trail as an invitation fo
14 May 2018
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 35 Mute swan 5 Oystercatcher 1 Common tern 67 Gadwall 4 Northern shoveler 7 Grey heron 24 Lapwing 16 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 6 Lapwing 1 Northern shoveler 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Jay 1 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Ot
14 May 2018