Welney sightings - 14/04/2020

Unfortunately WWT Welney Centre and Reserve is closed until further notice but it is business as usual for the bird life and all nature. We look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible; meanwhile we will keep the sightings updated. Read on....

Common tern heard
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Egyptian goose
Shelduck
Shoveler
Wigeon
Pochard
Tufted duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Pintail
Lapwing
Avocet - 44
Oystercatcher
Snipe
Ruff - 20
Dunlin
Redshank
Black-tailed godwit - 3 pairs back so far, hundred of Icelandic birds fuelling up for migration
Curlew
Water rail - heard
Moorhen
Coot
Cormorant
Great-crested grebe
Little grebe
Great white egret - 2
Little egret
Black-headed gull
Tree sparrow
Sedge warbler singing
Chiffchaff singing
Meadow pipit singing
Skylark singing
Corn Bunting singing
Reed bunting singing
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Barn owl
Green woodpecker

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