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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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Sightings for Tuesday 14th January

Windy day here at Welney, water levels continue to rise which means only the Main observatory is open, however there continues to be lots of activity on the reserve with wildfowl and hunting birds of prey.

Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Common crane (29 on Lady fen early morning)
Mallard
Pochard
Shoveler
Teal
Tufted duck
Wigeon
Great egret
Little egret
Coot
Moorhen
Golden plover
Dunlin
Lapwing
Snipe
Blue tit
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Great tit
House sparrow
Reed bunting
Robin
Tree sparrow
Carrion crow
Stock dove
Black-headed gull
Common gull
Buzzard
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Peregrine







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