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Rosti
Sex: Female
Hatch date: 22 May 2018
Release date: 19 Jun 2018
Release site: Lady Fen, WWT Welney
Latest sighting: WWT Welney, Jun 2021
Guardian: St Martin at Shouldham C of E Primary Academy
Photo credit: Project Godwit/WWT
The beginning of her story...
Unable to nest on the Nene Washes due to flooding, Rosti's parents nested on nearby farmland. Her egg, caked in mud, was carefully cleaned and incubated at WWT Welney. She hatched on 22 May 2018.
Back to the wild...
Rosti was released with her sister Wedge and brother Chip, as part of the largest release of 2018: 21 birds released at Lady Fen, WWT Welney on 19 June. Rosti and her siblings stuck together after release and were spotted by birdwatchers together at RSPB Titchwell Nature Reserve on the north Norfolk coast in August.
And his story continues...
August 2018. Rosti is spotted on the north Norfolk coast with Chip, Wedge and Chopstick (read the blog here).
How was she named?
In 2018, the eggs collected from arable farmland were so muddy they resembled potatoes, and were affectionately called 'the potatoes' by our project aviculturists! In honour of this, we named one brood Chip, Rosti and Wedge, and another Maris, Desiree and Jersey.
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