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Wedge
Sex: Female
Hatch date: 22 May 2018
Release date: 19 Jun 2018
Release site: Lady Fen, WWT Welney
Latest sighting: Pilot Project site, Jun 2021
Guardian: Class 2, Denver VC Primary School.
Photo credit: Project Godwit/WWT
The beginning of her story...
Unable to nest on the Nene Washes due to flooding, Wedge'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...
Wedge was released with her sister Rosti and brother Chip, as part of the largest release of 2018: 21 birds released at Lady Fen, WWT Welney on 19 June. Wedge 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 her story continues...
August 2018. Wedge is spotted on the north Norfolk coast with Chip, Rosti and Chopstick (read the blog here).
February 2019. Wedge is seen at the Giganta Ricefields in Portugal.
May 2019. Wedge is back at WWT Welney!
June 2019. Wedge is spending the summer at the Ouse Washes.
April 2020. Wedge is back at Lady Fen, WWT Welney.
May to June 2020. Wedge has moved from WWT Welney to the RSPB Pilot Project site -and she appears to be paired with male Ramsey.
April 2021. Wedge is back at WWT Welney.
May to June 2021. Wedge breeds at the RSPB Pilot Project site.
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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