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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- 08/12/2020

The hides are now open between Main Observatory & Lyle Hide. Wellies are required. Lady Fen is open for self-guided hare walks. The shop is open, and the café is open for takeaway drinks & snacks. Toilets are open.

Today's Highlights:
Cattle egret x 8 (Self-guided walk - Lady Fen
Curlew x 8 (Lady Fen)
Dunlin (Lady Fen)
Snipe x 14 (Lady Fen)
Water rail (heard near Nelson-Lyle Hide)

Regular Sightings:
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Pochard
Mallard
Tufted duck
Wigeon
Moorhen
Coot
Lapwing
Redshank
Cetti's warbler
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Blackbird
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Kestrel

Brown hare
Fox
Roe deer

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