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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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Welney sightings - 01/05/2021

Sightings from Saturday 1 May

Highlights:
Hobby
Ringed plover x 1
Greenshank x 5
Common tern
Great white egret
Avocet
Black-tailed godwit

Other sightings:
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose + goslings
Canada goose
Shelduck
Shoveler
Mallard
Garganey (male and female near Nelson-Lyle hide)
Wigeon
Teal
Coot
Moorhen + chicks
Grey heron
Little egret
Redshank
Swallow
Sand martin
Yellow wagtail
Reed warbler
Sedge warbler
Lesser black-backed gull
Black-headed gull
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Great tit
Blue tit
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Corn bunting
Reed bunting

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