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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 - 11/09/2025

Sightings for Thursday 11th September 2025

All hides open, summer walk and Lady Fen loop open.
Centre open till 17:00.
Welney After Hours - Explore the reserve at dusk with a warden to get closer to our nocturnal wildlife, book now on our website.

Highlights:

  • Whooper swan
  • Marsh harrier
  • Snipe
  • Ruff
  • Green sandpiper
  • Kingfisher

All sightings:

  • Mute swan
  • Whooper swan
  • Greylag goose
  • Grey heron
  • Great white egret
  • Little egret
  • Cattle egret
  • Ruff
  • Snipe
  • Redshank
  • Black-tailed godwit
  • Lapwing
  • Coot
  • Moorhen
  • Pintail
  • Gadwall
  • Shelduck
  • Shoveler
  • Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • Teal
  • Swallow
  • House martin
  • Sedge warbler
  • Reed warbler
  • Cetti's warbler
  • Reed bunting
  • Goldfinch
  • House sparrow
  • Tree sparrow
  • Pied wagtail
  • Blue tit
  • Great tit
  • Robin
  • Wren
  • Starling
  • Blackbird
  • Wood pigeon
  • Collared dove
  • Stock dove
  • Black-headed gull
  • Magpie
  • Jackdaw
  • Carrion crow
  • Marsh harrier
  • Kestrel
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