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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 - 24/08/2025

13th September: Welney After Hours - Explore the reserve at dusk with a warden to get closer to our nocturnal wildlife, book now on our website.

Black Tailed Godwit

Common Sandpiper - 2

Green Sandpiper – 3

Green Woodpecker

Little Ringed Plover – 3

Whooper Swan

Yellow Wagtail


Black Headed Gull

Black Tailed Godwit

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Carrion Crow

Collared Dove

Common Sandpiper - 2

Coot

Goldfinch

Great Tit

Great White Egret

Green Sandpiper – 3

Green Woodpecker

Grey Heron

Greylag Goose

Hobby

House Martin

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Kestrel

Kingfisher

Lapwing

Little Ringed Plover – 3

Magpie

Mallard

Marsh Harrier

Moorhen

Mute Swan

Pheasant

Pied Wagtail

Reed Bunting

Reed Warbler

Robin

Rook

Ruff

Ruff – 44

Sedge Warbler

Shelduck

Shoveler

Snipe

Stock Dove

Swallow

Teal

Tree Sparrow

Tufted Duck

Whooper Swan

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon

Yellow Wagtail

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