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.

Welney sightings - 16/10/2022

Sightings for Sunday 16th October

1 min read • 16 October 2022

Highlights
Cranes 25+ flying around reserve
Water pipit (Nelson-Lyle hide)
Spotted redshank (Nelson-Lyle hide)

Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Little grebe
Shelduck
Shoveler
Mallard
Wigeon
Teal
Coot
Moorhen
Grey heron
Little egret
Cattle egret
Black-tailed godwit
Ruff
Redshank
Dunlin
Snipe
Lapwing
Black-headed gull
Common gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Kingfisher
Pied wagtail
Chiffchaff
Cetti’s warbler
Meadow pipit
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Reed bunting
Goldfinch
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Buzzard

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