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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 - 18/07/2024

Sightings for Thursday 18th 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
Welney Weekender this weekend with talks, walks and lots more (see website for further details)

Highlights:
Avocet and chicks
Whooper swan and cygnets
Common tern and fledgelings
Green sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Spoonbill

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


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