
Welney WWT
15 November 2019
10:00 to 13:10
Welney WWT is the same distance away as the Suffolk or Norfolk coast for me - but easily to overlooked as a weekend birding location, in favour of coastal birding. It is, however, always superb in the winter months. Our visit produced the expected swans, geese and ducks with a constant accompaniment of waders; Lapwing, Golden Plover and Black-tailed Godwit commuting overhead.
Owing to persistent rain in October and the first half of November much of the reserve was under water - with the paths to access hides literally under water and containing feeding Mute Swans. This left this the main observatory and two 'wing' hides accessible during our visit. These hides view the Hundred Foot Drain, which was sufficient to give crippling views of Whooper Swans, Pochard as well as hunting Peregrine and Marsh Harrier.
To the east and the other side of the New Bedford River and Station Road is the main visitor centre which gives views over Lady Fen. Lady Fen played host to a flock of Pink-footed Geese and no less than 3 Great White Egrets as well as masses of Wigeon, Teal, Lapwing, Golden Plover and Black-tailed Godwit. Occasionally a loafing Marsh Harrier would shuffle the feeding birds producing spiralling flocks - with Lapwing sometimes lining the horizon.
A killer reserve and must visit during winter.
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Species List
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Mute Swan Cygnus olor details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus details sounds
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Canada Goose Branta canadensis details sounds
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WWT Welney (Introduced)
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Greylag Goose Anser anser details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Pochard Aythya ferina details sounds
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Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Gadwall Mareca strepera details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Mallard Anas platyrhynchos details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Northern Pintail Anas acuta details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Teal Anas crecca details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Coot Fulica atra details sounds
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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Great White Egret Ardea alba details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Redshank Tringa totanus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Mew Gull Larus canus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Eurasian Magpie Pica pica details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Rook Corvus frugilegus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Carrion Crow Corvus corone details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Fieldfare Turdus pilaris details sounds
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WWT Welney
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European Robin Erithacus rubecula details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Dunnock Prunella modularis details sounds
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WWT Welney
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House Sparrow Passer domesticus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus details sounds
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WWT Welney
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European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis details sounds
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WWT Welney
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Last updated: 16 November 2019