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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- 21/11/2020

All hides are now closed, but the footpath between Main Observatory & Friends Hide remains open (wellies required). Lady Fen is also open for self-guided hare walks. The shop is closed, but the cafe is open for takeaway drinks & snacks. Toilets are open.

Today's Highlights:
Cattle egret (Lady Fen)
Great egret
Stonechat
Water rail (heard near Nelson-Lyle Hide)
Fieldfare

Regular Sightings:
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Gadwall
Pochard
Wigeon
Tufted duck
Shoveler
Teal
Pintail
Mallard
Coot
Moorhen
Lapwing
Golden plover
Black-tailed godwit
Snipe
Grey heron
Cormorant
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Blackbird
Starling

Brown hare
Roe deer


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