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Lady
Sex: Female
Hatch date: 11 May 2017
Release date: 12 Jun 2017
Release site: Lady Fen, WWT Welney
Latest sighting: Ouse Washes, Apr 2019
Guardian: not yet, become a Guardian
Photo credit:
Jerry Lanfear
And her story continues...
July 2017. She is seen at RSPB Old Hall Marshes, alongside her brother Manea.
February 2018. She is spotted at two sites near the Tagus River in Portugal.
March 2018. She's seen near the Charante River in France.
May 2018. She returns to her release site, WWT Welney's Lady Fen and is seen on the Ouse Washes. It looks like she has paired up with Nelson.
June 2018. She's seen again at the Ouse Washes and also at Dunkirk,
near Ely.
April 2019. And she's back. Lady is spotted on Lady Fen back at the Ouse Washes for the 2019 breeding season.
May 2019: Lady and Nelson are back together at WWT Lady Fen.
Will she stay at Lady Fen and pair with Nelson again?
How was she named?
Lady was named after the beautiful Lady Fen, a wet grassland site created adjacent to the Ouse Washes and the project's primary release site. Lady Fen is part of the WWT Welney reserve.
