Welney sightings - 31/05/2020
WWT Welney Centre and Reserve is closed at present, but we are working hard to prepare for re-opening. We look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible; here is what wildlife you can expect on the reserve. Read on....
Highlights
Spoonbill - Lady Fen
Shelduck with 8 ducklings
Shelduck with 9 ducklings
Coot with chicks
Lapwing with chicks
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
Other resident birds
Water rail
Corncrake
Barn owl
Green woodpecker
