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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 - 13/04/2020

Unfortunately WWT Welney Centre and Reserve is closed until further notice but it is business as usual for the bird life and all nature. We look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible; meanwhile we will keep the sightings updated. Read on....

Mute swan

Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Egyptian goose
Shelduck
Shoveler
Wigeon
Pochard
Tufted duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
Pintail
Lapwing
Avocet - 44
Oystercatcher
Snipe
Ruff
Dunlin
Redshank
Black-tailed godwit - 3 pairs back so far, hundreds of Icelandic birds fuelling up for migration
Moorhen
Coot
Cormorant
Great-crested grebe
Little grebe
Great white egret
Little egret
Black-headed gull
Tree sparrow
Sedge warbler
Chiffchaff
Meadow pipit
Skylark
Corn Bunting
Reed bunting
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Barn owl
Green woodpecker
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