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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 - 22/08/2024

Sightings for Thursday 22nd August 2024 Access us via A10 - Ten Mile Bank

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


Highlights:
Whooper swan and cygnets

Green sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Ruff
Yellow wagtail


Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Grey heron
Great white egret
Little egret

Green sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Snipe

Avocet

Lapwing
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Coot
Moorhen
Shelduck
Shoveler

Teal

Mallard
Goldfinch
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Reed warbler
Sedge warbler
Reed bunting
Pied wagtail
Yellow wagtail
Wren
House martin
Swallow
Starling
Blackbird
Wood pigeon
Feral pigeon
Stock dove
Collard dove
Black-headed gull
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Rook
Kestrel
Marsh harrier

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