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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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WeBS count - 29th March 2019

WeBS count - 29th March 2019

Little grebe - 6
Great crested grebe - 9
Cormorant - 48
Great egret - 1
Cattle egret - 1
Little egret - 12
Grey heron - 20
Spoonbill - 1
Mute swan - 98
Whooper swan - 113
Egyptian goose - 2
Greylag goose - 45
Bean goose - 12
Shelduck - 88
Wigeon - 1530
Gadwall - 100
Teal - 572
Mallard - 515
Pintail - 24
Shoveler - 531
Pochard - 18
Tufted duck - 283
Scaup - 1
Garganey - 1
Moorhen - 13
Coot - 443
Lapwing - 77
Dunlin - 8
Ruff - 9
Oystercatcher - 16
Avocet - 21
Snipe - 51
Black-tailed godwit - 263
Curlew - 7
Redshank - 51
Knot - 1
Marsh harrier - 2
Sparrowhawk - 1
Buzzard - 4
Kestrel - 1
Black-headed gull - 174
Lesser black-backed gull - 10
Great black-backed gull - 4
Pheasant - 14
Red-legged partridge - 4
Carrion crow - 27
Jackdaw - 41
Rook - 28
Magpie - 6
Woodpigeon - 95
Stock dove - 8
Great spotted woodpecker - 1
Skylark - 15
Meadow pipit - 39
Starling - 1
Pied wagtail - 3
Reed bunting - 27
Corn bunting - 1
Goldfinch - 40
Chaffinch - 4
Great tit - 4
Blue tit - 3
Robin - 3
Wren - 12
Dunnock - 3
Chiffchaff - 3
Cetti's warbler - 3
Blackbird - 4
Songthrush - 1
Mistle thrush - 1
Fieldfare - 5

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