Welney sightings - 13/09/2020

WWT Welney is now open, but for pre-booked visits only. Members, non-members and pre-existing ticket holders can select a day to visit from the website. The shop and toilets are open, and takeaway tea and coffee is available in the café.

Highlights - all seen at Main Observatory:

Common crane x4
Cattle egret x5
Great white egret x4

Other sightings:
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Shelduck
Shoveler
Mallard
Gadwall
Garganey (1x female)
Wigeon
Teal
Cormorant
Coot
Moorhen
Grey heron
Little egret
Ruff
Redshank
Snipe
Lapwing
Swallow
House martin
Yellow wagtail
Pied wagtail
Stonechat
Meadow pipit
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Green woodpecker
Stock dove
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Hobby
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Peregrine
Red kite

Dragonflies
Willow emerald damselfly
Migrant hawker
Brown hawker
Common darter
Ruddy darter
Banded demoiselle

Butterflies
Clouded yellow
Green veined white
Small white
Large white
Peacock
Red admiral



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