Sightings - Welney
Today's Sightings
Red Kite Shoveler Mallard Lapwing Avocet and chicks Gadwall Redshank Shelduck Tree Sparrow Linnet Little Egret Reed Bunting Sedge Warbler Swallow Common Tern Meadow Pipit Corn Bunting Skylark Roe Deer Black-tailed Godwit Red-crested Pochard Kestrel Whoop
21 May 2017
Sightings Saturday 20th May
Bright Sunny start to the day with lots of activity on lady fen and main reserve. Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Gadwall Garganey Mallard Pochard Red crested pochard Shelduck Shoveler Wigeon Little egret Spoonbill Coot Moorhen Cormo
20 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Spoonbill - Bank farm Oystercatcher Common tern Swallow Redshank Black-tailed godwit Lapwing Avocet Mallard Shelduck Shoveler Tufted Duck Treee sparrow Goldfinch Reed bunting
19 May 2017
Today's Sightings
Spoonbill - Main Observatory Turnstone x 3 - Lady Fen Lapwing Avocet Great white egret - Lyle Hide Common tern Redshank Little egret Barn owl Shelduck Shoveler Cuckoo Tufted duck Reed warbler Sedge warbler Grey Heron Cormarant Black headed gull and chicks
18 May 2017
Todays Sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Mallard Shoveler Teal Shelduck Gadwall Little ringed plover Ringed plover Dunlin Redshank Avocet Lapwing Moorhen Coot Black tailed godwit Common Tern House martin Goldfinch Chaffinch Great tit Blue tit Tree sparrow
17 May 2017
Today's Sightings
Avocet and Chicks Lapwing Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Gadwall Redshank Little Egret Spoonbill Corn Bunting Yellow Wagtail Reed Bunting Swallow Common Tern
16 May 2017
Today's Sightings
Turtle Dove by Bob Ellis Turtle dove - 1 under the bird feeding station Bittern - heard booming early in the morning by Reedbed hide Cuckoo Reed bunting Tree sparrow Chaffinch Swallow Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Gadwall
15 May 2017
Sightings Sunday 14th May
Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Gadwall Mallard Red-crested pochard Plover Shelduck Shoveler Teal Wigeon Grey heron Little egret Coot Moorhen Avocet Lapwing Little ringed plover Oystercatcher Redshank Ringed plover Whimbrel Cetti's warbler Reed wa
14 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Common Tern Little egret Great egret Kingfisher Great black-backed gull Black-headed gull Mallard Pochard Tufted duck Gadwall Wigeon Shoveler Mute swan and cygnets Whooper swan Coot Moorhen Swift House martin Sand martin Swallow Cormorant Grey heron Meado
13 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Grey Plover Little Ringed Plover Dunlin Redshank Avocet Gadwall Shoveler Shelduck Pochard Wigeon Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Oystercatcher Tufted Duck Whitethroat Little Egret Common Tern Swallow House Martin Buzzard Cuckoo x2 Egyptian Goose
12 May 2017
First chicks mark fresh future for rare fenland wading bird
In a UK first, 26 fluffy black-tailed godwit chicks have been hatched by conservationists in the Fens this week. The rare chicks will be hand-reared until they are strong enough to be released back into the wild. Black-tai
12 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Common Tern Redshank Shelduck Shoveler and ducklings Mallard Moorhen and chicks Little Egret Lapwing Avocet Cuckoo Common Sandpiper Little Ringed Plover Whitethroat Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Oystercatcher Gadwall Teal Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwi
10 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Ruff (males in various colours of breeding plumage) Common sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Shoveler and ducklings Cuckoo Yellow wagtail Tree sparrow Great white egret Little egret
9 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-tailed godwit Pochard Teal Avocet Gadwall Shoveler Dunlin -2 Little ringed plover - 8 Lapwing Redshank Mallard Pied Wagtail Common sandpiper Swallow Tree sparrow -4 Ruff - 2 Swift
8 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilts-3 on Lady Fen Avocet Lapwing Great white egret Little egret Coot Moorhen and chicks Redshank Shoveler Shelduck Sedge warbler x lots Goldfinch Tree sparrow Cuckoo x 2 at Lyle hide Linnet Greenshank-Reedbed hide Common sandpiper Whitethr
7 May 2017