Finding our own birds!

5/8/06 Welney WWT Leaders: Simeon and Connor
Connor and I went to Welney to see if we could find any of our own birds. We found a Turtle Dove on the aproach road - a nice start! Some good numbers of butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies had been seen (see butterflies and moths page), and a Green Sandpiper was wandering around somewhere on the reserve. So we spent a bit of time in the main observatory at first and managed to pick up, several Common Snipe, Teal, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier and Stock Dove. Then we went on to the Buxton Hide after finding a Red Underwing Moth on a signpost. Here we got, Green Sandpiper, 14 Ruff, 300+ Lapwing, 7 Common Snipe and 7+ Redshank. After lunch we walked along the Summer Walk and heard something in the reeds. It was a Spotted Crake! It was calling in the reeds by the river but was unfortunately never seen. It was a lifer for me (Simeon) and a yearer for Connor. We had found a scarce bird at last! It had been a really good day.