Welney Sightings-22/08/2020
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, but the café remains closed.
Greenshank at Main Obs
Grey heron
Great white egret x 2
Little egret
Common crane x1
Swallow
House martin
Sand martin
Lapwing
Redshank
Snipe
Black tailed godwit
Ruff
Common sandpiper
Green sandpiper
Shelduck
Shoveler
Wigeon
Mallard
Teal
Gadwall (M+F)
Greylag goose
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Golden plover
Dunlin
Coot
Moorhen
Yellow wagtail
Pied wagtail
Goldfinch
Linnet
Wren
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Hobby x 2
Butterflies:-
Clouded yellow
Red admiral
Small white
Large white
Comma
Peacock
Small tortoiseshell
Speckled wood
Small copper
Common blue
Meadow brown
Green veined white
Dragonflies:-
Brown hawker
Migrant hawker
Southern hawker
Common darter
Ruddy darter
Willow emerald x lots
Small red-eyed damselfly
