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Signs of spring in Norfolk…woodlarks are the soundtrack on our walks
Interestingly had one singing in a new location today
📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer
I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney.
Closing date: 6 March 2026
Apply ➡️
vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...
Lynda watches for wading birds out on a wetland reserve.
Lynda Donaldson – Wetland conservationist
Any day in which I can explore the Fens in Spring and hear the whickering of Black-tailed Godwits after they return from their migration is special. It’s always beneficial to remind ourselves of the work we are doing and that it helps make a difference.
Our new paper is out 👇
WWT Welney access update
• All roads from A10 are open (Littleport & ten mile bank).
• Lady Fen trail closed due to large numbers of waders and wildfowl Cranes and pink-footed geese also regular
• Main obs only hide available due to flooding
Enjoyed a morning at WWT Welney. Particularly enjoyed our coffee overlooking Lady Fen, with about a dozen Common Cranes and a group of Cattle Egrets.
It's a new month, so lets spin the wheel and find out what species a rewilding company wants to introduce next, as we play "Let's turn Norfolk into a big zoo". Ooh, it's...Dalmation Pelican! www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/r... and pressreleasehub.pa.media/article/inte...
Prepare for the cold-spell with the February issue of British Birds Journal!
In this month's issue:
- Ouse Washes and Whooper Swans
- Britain's first Western olivaceous warbler
- Do Eurasian Wrynecks drum?
Available in Print or online through our Digital Subscription.
While most black-tailed godwits make at least 1 stop around the Mediterranean on their way south, two youngsters found their way to Senegal in single non-stop flights. W1WCCG really took our breath away. This first-time traveller covered >4700km to Senegal in 50 hrs.
www.birdeyes.org/young-godwit...
🦢 The International Swan Census is almost here – this weekend!
We still have a few priority sites that need coverage. Please check the map & help us assess how well our Whooper & Bewick’s Swan populations are faring. Every count matters! 🙏 bto.org/gsmp-isc
📸 @tangrigg.bsky.social #Ornithology
Today at Welney, 9 people on Hare walk, 67 people attended the Swan talk.
Now having a glass of of Red wine after another rewarding day volunteering.
Your latest The Two Jonnies episode is live! Like other episodes but much, much better feat. @lizziebruce.bsky.social
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#TheTwoJonnies @jonnybirder.bsky.social
The Two Jonnies Episode 8 on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ei/pb-biss3-...
WWT Welney looking very wintery this week, with the Ouse Washes largely frozen over.
Can you help us fill the remaining vacant sites for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January? 🦢 Find and request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... Thank you! #UKBirding
A Whooper Swan swims on water, showing its white plumage and black and yellow bill. Wording below reads: International Swan Census. 17-18 January 2026. Image credit bottom right reads: Whooper Swan by Edmund Fellowes / BTO.
1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
RSPB seasonal positions @rspbscience.bsky.social are live & we are ready for applications!
🌱🪶🌊⛰️🐣 Huge variety of posts available for 2026: seabirds, veg surveys, visitor questionnaires, upland monitoring, wader chick tracking... all listed on the attachments via the link 👇
Deadline 11th Jan 2026 📆
A flock of Bewick's Swans by Ben Cherry/WWT
📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 🦢 Download paper > tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... #Ornithology
Starlings passing over Dersingham Bog are very impressive
WWT Welney @webs-gsmp.bsky.social counts from this week
🐦 Wigeon 4568
🐦 Pintail 791
🐦 Pochard 416
🐦 Mallard 957
🐦 Lapwing 4109
🐦 Black-tailed godwit 554
Complete count ⬇️
www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-cent...
📣 New paper out now in @conbiology.bsky.social!
#Headstarting - hatching eggs and/or rearing chicks in captivity & releasing them back to the wild - has been increasingly used for #wader #conservation. But it can be challenging and expensive.
So why do it and when❓
📷WWT/Bob Ellis #godwit
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Thanks Dawn. I am grateful we have a fab team of volunteers to support with counting and scribing for us.
57 species at Welney WWT this afternoon for my @birdtrack.bsky.social list. Some impressive counts- Pintail 760, Pochard 639, Mallard 775. Three Pochard x Ferruginous Duck hybrids, 1 Tufted x Pochard hybrid. Also 8 Cranes, 6 Cattle Egret, 2 Gt White Egrets.
#NorfolkBirding
WWT Welney looking stunning at the moment.
Absolutely packed full of wintering wildfowl and waders.
They are reliant on water to roost on a night, in which a significant proportion will roost on the Washes. During the day they will head to the fields to feed on potatoes, autumn sown cereals, maize etc
This time, the washes were ready! 🦢✅
After a 570km U-turn north to Aberdeenshire, likely due to low water at the Ouse Washes, the same swan has migrated south again & arrived to restored, higher levels. A real-world example of landscape-scale habitat assessment by migratory birds.
Fascinating
WWT Welney was looking stunning today
Bewick’s swans, hen harrier, little gull and flocks of waders & wildfowl
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I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology!
📍 Nottingham, UK
📅 6–8 April 2027
🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe
Please share widely!
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