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 20/05/22

a dry clear day with many new chicks on the reserve

1 min read • 20 May 2022

Highlights
Avocet + Chicks
Black-tailed godwit
Marsh harrier
Cuckoo
Garganey

Lapwing
Redshank
Snipe
Great white egret
Little egret
Cormorant
Coot
Moorhen + chicks
Teal
Tufted duck
Mallard
Wigeon
Shoveler
Shelduck + Chicks
Gadwall
Little grebe
House martin
Swallow
Goldfinch
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Reed bunting
Sedge warbler
Reed warbler
Wren
Robin
Blue tit
Great tit
Pied wagtail
Starling
Blackbird
Wood pigeon
Stock dove
Black headed gull
Common tern
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Marsh harrier
Kestrel

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