WWT Welney

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Up to Welney today for a few hours' birding. The Washes are flooded again, after Sunday's heavy rain, so most of the waders (including the first Avocets of the year, spotted only last week) have gone where the water is shallower, and most of the Whooper Swans and all of the Pochard have left for their breeding grounds. A good range of species present nonetheless, including at least thirteen Snipe.

1. Mute Swan
   
2. Whooper Swan
   
3. Greylag Goose
   
4. Canada Goose
   
5. Shelduck
   
6. Wigeon
   
7. Gadwall
   
8. Mallard
   
9. Pintail
   
10. Shoveler
    
11. Teal
    
12. Tufted Duck
    
13. Pheasant
    
14. Great Crested Grebe
    
15. Cormorant
    
16. Grey Heron
    
17. Kestrel
    
18. Moorhen
    
19. Coot
    
20. Lapwing
    
21. Dunlin
    
22. Snipe
    
23. Black-tailed Godwit
    
24. Redshank
    
25. Black-headed Gull
    
26. Lesser Black-backed Gull
    
27. Woodpigeon
    
28. Collared Dove
    
29. Skylark
    
30. Water Pipit
    
31. Wren
    
32. Robin
    
33. Blue Tit
    
34. Great Tit
    
35. Magpie
    
36. Jackdaw
    
37. Rook
    
38. Starling
    
39. House Sparrow
    
40. Chaffinch
    
41. Goldfinch
    
42. Greenfinch
    
43. Reed Bunting
    
44. Corn Bunting