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All hides except Gill's Lookout are accessible to everyone today, including with mobility scooters. Water levels are continuing to drop. Lady Fen trails are now closed until after breeding season, but great views from cafe veranda. All roads including A1101 Welney Wash Road are open. 

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08/04/2019-Welney Sightings

Welney sightings-08/04/2019- Much better weather today. Birds in Spring mode.

Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag geese
Shelduck
Shoveler
Wigeon
Teal
Mallard
Gadwall
Tufted duck
Pochard
Ringed teal (escapee)
Little grebe
Moorhen
Coot
Avocet
Lapwing
Redshank
Black-tailed godwit
Little ringed plover
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
Cetti's warbler
Sedge warbler-1st one heard at Nelson/Lyle hide
Pied wagtail
Stock dove
Wood pigeon
Cormorant
Black-headed gull
Peregrine
Marsh harrier
Kestrel

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