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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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14th Sightings for Saturday March

After a wet start here at Welney it is beginning to brighten up and promises to be a dry day. Main observatory, Nelson-Lyle and Lyle hides are all open but we recommend wellies for getting to the later two hides. Reedbed and Friends hides remain closed.

Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Goldeneye
Mallard
Pochard
Shelduck
Shoveler
Teal
Tufted duck
Wigeon
Coot
Moorhen
Great egret
Grey heron
Little egret
Spoonbill (Nelson Lyle)
Avocet
Black-tailed godwit
Curlew
Lapwing
Redshank
Ruff
Blackbird
Goldfinch
Pied wagtail
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
Carrion crow
Jackdaw
Pheasant
Stock dove
Wood pigeon
Black-headed gull
Common gull
Great black-backed gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Buzzard
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Merlin

Mammals
Roe deer

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