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Awesome day birding around RSPB Lakenheath Fen, and then (eventually, thanks to a road closure) dropping in to the “swan feed” at WWT Welney Washes.

Did I see anything “good” you ask? Well, I say, I saw many amazing flappy things, including lots of Marsh Harriers, two Common Cranes, and a Bittern (pictured).

#RSPBLakenheathFen #WWTWelney #WWTWelneyWashes #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Birding #Birds #Bittern #BotaurusStellaris

Occasional Pictures of Ducks Nov 15

Today’s weekend waterbird is a great egret. It is not a mediocre egret, and it is also not a duck.

#WeekendWaterbird #NotADuck #GreatEgret #CommonEgret #GreatWhiteEgret #ArdeaAlba #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birding #Birds #WWTWelney

Occasional Pictures of Ducks Oct 15

How’s the #WednesdayWaterbird? Feeling a bit #Ruff because it is #NotADuck

#CalidrisPugnax #WWTWelney #LowCarbonBirding #Birding #Birds

Occasional Pictures of Ducks Sep 23, 2025

I’m really bad at getting pictures of birds in flight, so was quite pleased with this shot when I was at Welney.

#RedKite #MilvusMilvus #WWTWelney #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birding #Birds

OccasionalDucks Sep 14, 2025

Took my mind off things with a visit to WWT Welney this morning. A couple of photos and brief thoughts with links to oh-so-exciting BirdTrack lists at https://occasionalducks.com/2025/09/14-september-2025-wwt-welney

#Birding #WWT #WWTWelney

14 September 2025, WWT Welney

A nice morning at Welney. Getting there before it opened I did a fairly decent car park list (also including walking up to the top of the levée) of

Occasional Ducks

Occasional Pictures of Ducks Jul 13, 2025

Gotta love a good gadwall.

#Duck #Gadwall #AnasStrepera #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birding #Birds #WWTWelney

Occasional Pictures of Ducks Jul 11, 2025

Here’s a #Gadwall photographed at #WWTWelney a while ago.

#Birding #AnasStrepera #Duck

OccasionalDucks May 10, 2025

Today's #WeekendWaterbird is a #CattleEgret. It is #NotADuck

Should the hashtag #DullPicturesOfExcitingBirds be a thing?

#Birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #BubulcusIbis #WWTWelney

OccasionalDucks Apr 27, 2025

The #WeekendWaterbirds are #wigeon

#WWTWelney #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birding #MarecaPenelope #DuckOfTheDay

Paul Jan 19, 2025

On the way to the coast, we called in at WWT Welney. There was a handful of Whooper Swan from the main hide. They were very near the hide so we could see the yellow bill markings.

#Norfolk #UKBirding #Nature #Wildlife #Whooper #Swan #WWTWelney #Welney #Birds #Birding #BirdsOfMastodon

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Wild Swans - Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) and Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) at WWT Welney, Norfolk.

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