@lizziebruce.bsky.social
Site Manager, WWT Welney Wetland Centre. Guardian to Robin the border collie 🐾
Incredible 😍
25.10.2025 19:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0✨ Whooper swans this evening at WWT Welney ✨
20.10.2025 19:21 — 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A week on from #StormAmy 🌬️ data from our tagged Whooper Swans show both storm assistance & storm displacement. Some birds made rapid migrations, others battled the elements – some out at sea for 55 hrs! As North Atlantic storms grow more frequent, understanding their impact is vital. 🦢 #Ornithology
11.10.2025 15:30 — 👍 59 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 2🔉 Afternoon arrival of Whooper Swans at WWT Welney
They were also in the company of 150 pink footed geese - a rare sight in this part of Norfolk
Three Whooper Swans in flight. Photograph by Sarah Kelman/BTO.
Grab yourself a cup of tea, and sit back and enjoy this week's BTO Migration Blog.
And then head out and let us know what you spot over the weekend!
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📷 Whooper Swans by Sarah Kelman/BTO
#UKBirding #ornithology @birdtrack.bsky.social
The first Whooper swan families of 2025 arrived at WWT Welney this weekend.
Encouraging to see several broods of 4.
The autumn equinox signified the move from summer to autumn but with it came the first flocks of wintering Whooper swans to WWT Welney.
23.09.2025 07:05 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
One of the @ldvnnr.bsky.social reintroduced Corncrakes has pinged our MOTUS Tower! On 24th August at 21:32 it was picked up migrating over Spurn for 6 minutes! Amazingly, the same bird was detected just 90 minutes later at Weybourne, Norfolk! More info here www.facebook.com/share/p/1Arw...
11.09.2025 18:00 — 👍 131 🔁 25 💬 3 📌 3Thank you for the fab feedback of the free shuttle service from Ely to WWT Welney
06.09.2025 19:56 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I am so pleased you had a great visit using the shuttle bus.
06.09.2025 19:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Book your seat via this link
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Delighted to announce we are launching a FREE bus from Ely to WWT Welney Wetland Centre on Tuesdays and Saturdays until 29 November, courtesy of funding from @greateranglia.bsky.social
Book here
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#lowcarbonbirding #norfolkbirding
On #InternationalDogDay we spent the morning on Roydon Common I which there was a late cuckoo flying around
26.08.2025 19:48 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great days birding at Welney. Highlight includes 7 cranes, 50+ ruff, colour ringed wood sandpaper (from Norway) and nice selection of birds common birds. Willow emerald damselfly and tansy beetle were both new for me.
19.08.2025 19:33 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Crane flocks are starting to return to WWT Welney for the autumn.
#Norfolkbirding
@elyclive.bsky.social here’s a complete ring read that you could share with your contact
01.08.2025 05:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Excellent- we have been trying to get a complete ring reading of it
It is a Polish ring that read OV237
As a volunteer in my 18th year at WWT Welney I think it’s safe for me to say, it’s just not about Swans, it’s a different world in Summer and definitely worth visiting as you can walk over the Washes on the Summer walk and explore what would normally be under water in Winter.
22.07.2025 19:55 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We are taking steps to help our wetlands become more resilient and adaptable to climate change. This will enable them to continue to support a wide range of species throughout changing weather systems.
Find out more
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Corn buntings are a scarce Norfolk resident.
It’s a delight to have a good population across WWT Welney with several pairs showing very well.
Fancy learning more about Dragonflies?
WWT Welney is running a couple of beginner workshops lead by David Chandler
Check out the link for more info
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Did you know WWT Welney is just one of a handful of sites to host Tansey Beetle?
17.06.2025 20:30 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of a Curlew being held. The bird has a tag fitted and a yellow leg flag on its leg with the letters NH showing. Image credit: Curlew by Katharine Bowgen/BTO.
1/ Exciting news! Previously released headstarted Curlew have turned up at breeding sites, mainly in East Anglia, this year with 10 birds confirmed breeding and another dozen showing breeding-type behaviour. #Ornithology 🌍 🌐 Read the blog ➡️ www.curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk/breeding-rec...
30.05.2025 14:19 — 👍 120 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 1These are lovely 🥰
27.05.2025 08:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It could be, there are a couple of pairs around at the moment
27.05.2025 08:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Whooper swan cygnets from the weekend at WWT Welney
Several pairs of Whooper swans remain at Welney throughout the summer as they are unable to migrate, however they do breed.
What’s very cool, is their offspring have been recording migrating north in the spring
#ukbirding
Yesterday on the Summer walk at WWT Welney, if you are visiting it’s always worth walking here and along the Tansy trail, you might see a Tansy beetle, if not at least you get to walk somewhere that is usually under water during the Winter.
21.05.2025 07:37 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Vacancy | Assistant Warden, WWT Welney
We are looking for a proactive individual with a passion for British wildlife to join the flock.
The role is very varied including surveying, habitat management, livestock checks, guided walks
Closing date: 30 May 2025
More info 👉 bit.ly/3F7DAdV
A chilly dawn chorus walk at #WWTWelney this am
Displaying marsh harriers, mating black tailed godwits, singing reed warblers and whitethroats plus ruff, common sandpipers, dunlin.
Corncrake heard briefly at 4.30am.
#norfolkbirding
Lovely day at WWT Welney.
First three lapwing broods plus whinchat and wood sandpiper
We are keeping Welney open for later every Saturday until 7pm.
Please come and enjoy & spread the word
#norfolkbirding
