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 17/7/23

1 min read • 17 July 2023

Highlights:

Common Tern with chicks
Crane x 4
Spoonbill
Little Grebe

Whooper swans
Redshank
Little Egret
Black-Tailed Godwit
Grey Heron
Avocet
Lapwing
Mallard
Shelduck
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Great Crested Grebe
Cook
Moorhen
House Martin
Swallow
Tree Sparrow
House Sparrow
Sedge Warbler
Reed Warbler
Reed Bunting
Goldfinch
Wood Pigeon
Stock Dove
Collared Dove
Starling
Blackbird
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Magpie
Marsh Harrier
Kestrel

Barn owl

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