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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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Weekend sightings

As water levels drecrease there is a greater variety of birds on the reserve.
Main observaotry to Friends hide is accessible and the Welney causeway on the A1101 is now open and flood free.

Lady Fen Complex - next to the visitor centre
Barn owl - 2
Shelduck - 12
Hares visable from the centre (see events page here to find out about warden led walks to see these)

Main observatory
Goldeneye - 12 (far side of reserve)
Lapwing flock
Snipe - 3
Dunlin - 12
Pintail - 2
Tufted duck - 4

Nelson - Lyle hide
Large flocks of wigeon on the flooded washes

Friends hide
Marsh harrier - 2
Curlew - 1

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