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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 - 11/07/2024

Sightings for Thursday 11th July 2024

All hides open

Lady Fen walk and Summer walk and Tansy trail open
Guided walks at 11:00 and 14:00 from the main observatory

Highlights:
Avocet and chicks
Whooper swan and cygnets
Common tern and chicks
Spoonbill
Marsh harrier

Mute swan and cygnets
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Grey heron
Great white egret
Little egret
Lapwing
Ruff
Black-tailed godwit
Oystercatcher
Avocet + chicks
Redshank
Snipe
Coot
Moorhen
Shelduck
Shoveler
Gadwall
Tufted duck
Mallard
Cormorant
Goldfinch
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Reed warbler
Sedge warbler
Reed bunting
Whitethroat
Pied wagtail
Robin
Wren
House martin
Swallow
Starling
Blackbird
Green woodpecker
Great spotted woodpecker
Cuckoo
Wood pigeon
Stock dove
Collard dove
Black headed gull
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Rook
Kestrel
Marsh Harrier

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