Welney Wetland Trust is located in the Fens, and is a natural home for many waterfowl. Most importantly over winter it is home to thousands of Whooper Swans and a healthy population of Bewick Swans. There are also huge numbers of, in particular, Wigeon, as well as Pochard and Mallard. Like all such wetland reserves, many other species are likely to appear at any time, but without doubt, the wintering swans are the most significant populations there;
The following is a selection of the shots taken on the day...
Whooper Swan
Whooper Swan
Female Mallard
Pintail - I was especially happy to get this shot as it was my first Pintail photographed.
Wigeon
Canada Geese.
Bottom feeding birds can be elegant and beautiful, but when diving to feed from the bottom can look wonderfully inelegant
Whooper Swan:
Swans, like Geese, are beautifully elegant birds, as shown in the shots above, when in the water or flying... however.. between those two conditions... perhaps it's a different story...
Pochard
Whooper Swan
Male Mallard
Whooper Swans
A family achieving take off...
Pochard
Female Mallard
Lapwing
Greylag Geese
A series of shots of a group of Greylag flying past the hide
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