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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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Todays sightings

Water rail being ringed
Water rail being ringed

Bird ringing station:
Water rail - 1
Great tit - 8
Blue tit - 11
Goldcrest - 2
Wren - 2
Robin - 1
House sparrow - 2
Blackbird - 2
Dunnock - 3
Chaffinch - 2
Goldfinch - 3
(BTO are back again tomorrow 9am-3pm with Whoosh net demonstrations at 11am & 2pm)

Out on the reserve
Marsh harrier
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Pintail
Shoveler
Wigeon
Pochard
Teal
Whooper swans - lots staying on the reserve longer due to the fog and the potatoes on the main lagoon.   Plenty of families seen today and a few leg rings.
Snipe
Black-tailed godwit
Curlew
Lapwing

Ringed whooper swan, X3G, with mate and 4 cygnets
Ringed whooper swan, X3G, with mate and 4 cygnets

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