Lizzie Bruce
@lizziebruce.bsky.social
Site Manager, WWT Welney Wetland Centre.
Guardian to Robin the border collie 🐾
Guardian to Robin the border collie 🐾
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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.
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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.
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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...
Dalmatian pelican reintroduction & conservation
The Dalmatian pelican could become an ambassador for wetland restoration in Britain. Learn how we can bring back this giant of the sky.
www.rewildingbritain.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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...
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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.
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.
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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.
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.
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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...
www.birdeyes.org/young-godwit...
www.birdeyes.org
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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...
www.birdeyes.org/young-godwit...
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🦢 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
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
January 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🦢 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
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
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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.
Now having a glass of of Red wine after another rewarding day volunteering.
January 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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.
Now having a glass of of Red wine after another rewarding day volunteering.
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Your latest The Two Jonnies episode is live! Like other episodes but much, much better feat. @lizziebruce.bsky.social
♠️
#TheTwoJonnies @jonnybirder.bsky.social
The Two Jonnies Episode 8 on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ei/pb-biss3-...
♠️
#TheTwoJonnies @jonnybirder.bsky.social
The Two Jonnies Episode 8 on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ei/pb-biss3-...
The Two Jonnies Episode 8
Lizzie Bruce in the house! We talk careers in conservation, WWT, our collective love of ducks and about Jonny H crying when he found a drake Wood Duck.
The Two Jonnies - except in audio not visual f...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Your latest The Two Jonnies episode is live! Like other episodes but much, much better feat. @lizziebruce.bsky.social
♠️
#TheTwoJonnies @jonnybirder.bsky.social
The Two Jonnies Episode 8 on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ei/pb-biss3-...
♠️
#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.
January 6, 2026 at 6:36 AM
WWT Welney looking very wintery this week, with the Ouse Washes largely frozen over.
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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
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
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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
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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
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
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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 📆
🌱🪶🌊⛰️🐣 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 📆
We're hiring!
Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶
Deadline: 11th Jan 26
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶
Deadline: 11th Jan 26
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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 📆
🌱🪶🌊⛰️🐣 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 📆
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📉 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
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📉 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
December 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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...
🐦 Wigeon 4568
🐦 Pintail 791
🐦 Pochard 416
🐦 Mallard 957
🐦 Lapwing 4109
🐦 Black-tailed godwit 554
Complete count ⬇️
www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-cent...
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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...
🐦 Wigeon 4568
🐦 Pintail 791
🐦 Pochard 416
🐦 Mallard 957
🐦 Lapwing 4109
🐦 Black-tailed godwit 554
Complete count ⬇️
www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-cent...
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📣 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
(1/4)
#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
(1/4)
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
📣 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
(1/4)
#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
(1/4)
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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
#NorfolkBirding
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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
#NorfolkBirding
WWT Welney looking stunning at the moment.
Absolutely packed full of wintering wildfowl and waders.
Absolutely packed full of wintering wildfowl and waders.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
WWT Welney looking stunning at the moment.
Absolutely packed full of wintering wildfowl and waders.
Absolutely packed full of wintering wildfowl and waders.
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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.
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.
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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.
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.
WWT Welney was looking stunning today
Bewick’s swans, hen harrier, little gull and flocks of waders & wildfowl
Bewick’s swans, hen harrier, little gull and flocks of waders & wildfowl
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
WWT Welney was looking stunning today
Bewick’s swans, hen harrier, little gull and flocks of waders & wildfowl
Bewick’s swans, hen harrier, little gull and flocks of waders & wildfowl
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🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜
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!
#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth
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!
#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth
June 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜
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!
#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth
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!
#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth
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The International Swan Census (ISC) is taking place on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026 (WeBS January Core Count weekend), counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans. Follow these simple steps to get involved 👇
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Ornithology
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Ornithology
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The International Swan Census (ISC) is taking place on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026 (WeBS January Core Count weekend), counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans. Follow these simple steps to get involved 👇
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Ornithology
@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Ornithology
✨ Whooper swans this evening at WWT Welney ✨
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
✨ Whooper swans this evening at WWT Welney ✨
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A week on from #StormAmy 🌬️ data from our tagged Whooper Swans show both storm assistance & storm displacement. Some birds made rapid migrations, others battled the elements – some out at sea for 55 hrs! As North Atlantic storms grow more frequent, understanding their impact is vital. 🦢 #Ornithology
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A week on from #StormAmy 🌬️ data from our tagged Whooper Swans show both storm assistance & storm displacement. Some birds made rapid migrations, others battled the elements – some out at sea for 55 hrs! As North Atlantic storms grow more frequent, understanding their impact is vital. 🦢 #Ornithology
🔉 Afternoon arrival of Whooper Swans at WWT Welney
They were also in the company of 150 pink footed geese - a rare sight in this part of Norfolk
They were also in the company of 150 pink footed geese - a rare sight in this part of Norfolk
October 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🔉 Afternoon arrival of Whooper Swans at WWT Welney
They were also in the company of 150 pink footed geese - a rare sight in this part of Norfolk
They were also in the company of 150 pink footed geese - a rare sight in this part of Norfolk