Welney sightings - 30/12/2021
Sightings for Thursday 30th December 2021 Reedbed hide closed due to flooding, all other hides open as normal self guided hare walk also open (boots recommended for part of it).
Highlights:
Whooper swan
Goldeneye - 3 males
Black-tailed godwit
Cattle egret
Ring tail hen harrier
Marsh harrier
Short-eared owl
Cranes (x14 on Lady Fen)
Bewick's swans from Friends hide (plus family with 5 cygnets on the main lagoon at the 3.30pm swan feed)
Ruff - 15
Dunlin - 55
Pink-footed goose - 1
Barnacle goose - 2
Lapwing
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Grey heron
Great white egret
Little egret
Cormorant
Coot
Moorhen
Teal
Mallard
Wigeon
Pochard
Shoveler
Pintail
Tufted duck
Goldfinch
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Robin
Starling
Wood pigeon
Stock dove
Black-headed gull
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Marsh harrier
Kestrel
Cetti's warbler
Golden plover
Curlew - 14
Gadwall
Reed bunting
Lesser black-backed gull
Common Gull
