Latest sightings
Today's Highlights
Whooper swans on Lady Fen Some of the whooper swans have started to roost on the pools of Lady Fen close to the visitor centre. These can be viewed between dawn and 9am from the car park, although do be careful not
27 December 2015
Today's Highlights
A busy day with people and birdlife. Great white egret on Lady Fen Tree sparrow-2 on feeders Great crested grebe Golden plover-2,000 Black-tailed godwit Shelduck-15 Long-tailed tit-8 in willow beside café Mallard Pochard Tufted duck Gadwall Shoveler Pint
26 December 2015
Today's Highlights
Short-eared owl in the fields near the centre. Great white egret on Lady Fen .
21 December 2015
Today's Highlights
Woodcock - 1 flew from reebeds next to the car park over to the reserve The main lagoon has a large flock of black-tailed godwits on the islands providing fantastic views everytime they take to the sky. There are providing fantastic photographic opportu
20 December 2015
Today's Highlights
All hides are accessible and open, although the summer walk is now closed. The reserve has plenty of wet splashes for the dabbling and diving ducks, while the islands are covered in hundreds of waders, such as lapwing, golden plover and black-tailed godwi
19 December 2015
Today's Highlights
Great white egret-3 together on Lady Fen Little egret Curlew Tree sparrow Marsh harrier took a Teal off the water, then a Great black-backed gull stole it.
18 December 2015
Today's Highlights
Great white egret-4 on Lady Fen Little Egret-6 Tree sparrow on feeders below café at 11am Black-tailed godwits-1,130 Pintail Shelduck-9 Peregrine Marsh harrier Dunlin Curlew Kestrel Buzzard
17 December 2015
Today's Highlights
Great white egret-4 on Lady Fen Curlew-12 Dunlin-7 Redshank Pintail Black-tailed godwit giving amazing air display Golden plover Stoat 1:Rabbit 0
16 December 2015
Dawn Swan Count
Bewick's swan 1138 Whooper swan 3619
15 December 2015
Welney WeBs Count
Great crested grebe 2 Cormorant 8 Grey heron 2 Greylag goose 547 Canada goose 188 Wigeon 3337 Gadwall 48 Teal 2532 Mallard 1263 Pintail 228 Shoveler 193 Shelduck 9 Pochard 196 Tufted duck 124 Water rail 1 Golden plover 3000 Lapwing 7451 Dunlin 3 Ruff 6
14 December 2015
Today's Highlights
Great white egret - Lady fen Barn owl by Visitor centre Marsh Harrier Peregrine-male Black-tailed godwit-600 Snipe-12 Pintail-8 Dunlin-5 Curlew-4 Redshank-3 Shelduck-2 And it's tempting to say "and a partridge in a pear tree."
12 December 2015
Todays Highlights
Pochard-300 Black-tailed godwit-600 Kestrel Marsh harrier Pintail-45 Redshank-3 Ruff-4 Snipe-2 Curlew-4 Lapwing Tree sparrow Greater black-backed gull Cetti's warbler Bewick's swan at Friends hide Gadwall at Nelson-Lyle hide Whooper swans Barn owl with vo
5 December 2015
Todays Highlights
The swan's awake event this morning was amazing, perfect conditions, hundreds of swans and lots of activity once the sun came up. Bittern - 1, flew past main hide, landed in reeds between main hide and reebed hide Peregrine Marsh harrier Bewick's swans Wh
28 November 2015
Todays Highlights
Great white egret - Lady Fen then seen at Nelson Lyle hide @ 13:00 Lapwing Golden Plover Black-tailed godwits Snipe Redshank Curlew Shoveler Wigeon 4000+ Pintail 40+ Mallard Pochard Tufted duck Gadwall Coot Moorhen Water rail - calling by Allport hide R
22 November 2015
Today's Highlights
Great white egret- main observatory Marsh harriers Peregrine 600 Black-tailed godwit 100 Pochard 40 Pintail Tree sparrow
21 November 2015