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All hides except Gill's Lookout are accessible to everyone today, including with mobility scooters. Water levels are continuing to drop. Lady Fen trails are now closed until after breeding season, but great views from cafe veranda. All roads including A1101 Welney Wash Road are open. 

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Welney sightings – 09/08/2023

Sightings for Wednesday 9th August 2023

Highlights

Cranes

House Martin

Little Egret

Great White Egret

Swallow


Lapwing

Garganey

Cranes

Great White Egret

Whooper Swan

Mute Swan

Coot

Little Egret

Moorhen

Greylag Goose

House Martin

Swallow

Tree Sparrow

House Sparrow

Wood Pigeon

Pied Wagtail

Stock Dove

Avocet

Mallard

Black Tailed Godwit

Teal

Goldfinch

Grey Heron

Kestrel


Moths

Straw Dot

Poplar Hawk Moth

Elephant Hawk Moth

White Satin

Swallow Prominent

Knot Grass

Burnished Brass

Smoky Wainscot

Fen Wainscot

Mother of Pearl

Willow Beauty

Latticed Heath

Lime-Speck Pug

Common Marble

Black Headed Conch

Pebble Prominent

Least Carpet

Pale Prominent

Nutmeg

Garden Grass-Veneer

Sallow Kitten

Common Wave

Figure of Eighty

Dogs Tooth

Uncertain

Carrion Moth

Willow Ermine

Common Grass-Veneer

Ringed China Mark

Large Yellow Underwing

Straw Underwing

Dusky Sallow

Flame Shoulder

Common Rustic

Brown-Line Bright-Eye

Turnip

Ruby Tiger

White Point

Bright-Line Brown-Eye

Crescent

Smoky-Barred Marble

Scorched Carpet

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Spectacle

Clay

Giant Water- Veneer

Garden Pebble

Mottled Rustic

Small Square Spot

Straw Grass-Veneer

Barred Marble

Rosy Rustic

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Hoary Bell

Dun-Bar

Bloodvein

Southern Wainscot

Snout

Cnephasia sp.

Marsh Moth

Flounced Rustic

Mottled Marble

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