Welney sightings - 04/06/2020

4 June 2020

WWT Welney Centre and Reserve is closed at present, but we are looking forward to re-opening on Wed 10 June. Here is what wildlife you can expect on the reserve. Read on....

Highlights

Black-tailed godwits and chicks
Avocets and chicks
Shelduck and ducklings
Tufted duck and ducklings
Shoveler and ducklings
Gadwall and ducklings
Water vole signs

Regular sightings

Cuckoo
Garganey
Common tern
Teal
Marsh harrier
Yellow wagtail
Pied wagtail
Little ringed plover
Swift
Swallow
House martin
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Egyptian goose
Shelduck
Tufted duck
Shoveler
Mallard
Gadwall
Lapwing
Avocet
Oystercatcher
Redshank
Black-tailed godwit
Snipe
Moorhen
Coot
Cormorant
Great-crested grebe
Little grebe
Great white egret
Little egret
Grey heron
Black-headed gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Sedge warbler singing
Reed warbler singing
Whitethroat singing
Cetti's warbler
Chiffchaff
Skylark
Meadow pipit
Corn Bunting
Reed bunting
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Great tit
Blue tit
Dunnock
Starling
Wren
Robin
Blackbird
Song thrush
Woodpigeon
Collard dove
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Red-legged partridge
Pheasant