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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 - 16/12/2020

Access is currently to the Main Observatory. 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. The A1101 Wash Road is flooding, ring Centre for access details.

Today's Highlights:
Cattle egret x 9
Golden plover (large flocks - up to 6,000)

Regular Sightings:
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Pochard
Pintail
Mallard
Shoveler
Wigeon
Teal
Moorhen
Coot
Little egret
Grey heron
Lapwing
Black-tailed godwit
Snipe
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Kestrel
Tree sparrow
House sparrow


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