Skip to content header Skip to main content Skip to content footer

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. 

Close alert

Today's sightings - 31/12/2019

Sightings for Tuesday 31st December 2019. Large numbers of swans feeding on the Fenland farmland, returning to the reserve and providing a "fly-in" spectacle from around 3:30pm onwards.

Bewick's swan
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag
Shelduck
Shoveler
Mallard
Pintail
Wigeon
Teal
Pochard
Tufted duck
Coot
Moorhen
Crane x 14 (Bank Farm)
Grey heron
Curlew
Redshank
Snipe
Dunlin
Golden plover
Lapwing
Black-headed gull
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Great tit
Blue tit
Blackbird
Robin
Woodpigeon
Green woodpecker
Pheasant
Jackdaw
Rook
Kestrel
Peregrine
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Short-eared owl
Barn owl

Mammals:
Roe deer x 6
Muntjac
Brown hare x 9
Rabbit
Stoat

  • Share this article