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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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Out on the reserve today

Great white egret - 1 (favouring the ditches in front of Nelson-Lyle hide)

Main observatory
Little ringed plover - 1
Bewick's swan - 1 (briefly at lunchtime)

Lyle hide
Goldeneye - 2
Pintail - 28
Little grebe - 1
Great crested grebe - 6

Throughout the whole reserve:
Black-tailed godwit - 2000
Ruff - 20
Dunlin - 20
Golden plover
Curlew
Oystercatcher
Snipe
Redshank
Little egret - at least 8
Grey heron
Teal
Wigeon
Shoveler
Gadwall
Tufted duck
Mallard
Mute swan
Whooper swan

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