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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 - 26/09/2020

WWT Welney is now open, but for pre-booked visits only. Members, non-members and pre-existing ticket holders can select a day to visit from the website. The shop and toilets are open, and takeaway tea and coffee is available in the café.

Highlights:
Common crane x41 (Lady Fen)
Cattle egret x8
Great white egret x8
Whooper swans migrated in from Iceland - x44 on Main Lagoon

Other sightings:
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Shoveler
Pintail
Mallard
Gadwall
Wigeon
Teal
Coot
Moorhen
Black-tailed godwit x2
Ruff
Dunlin
Lapwing
Swallow
Starling
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Stock dove
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Rook
Marsh harrier
Sparrowhawk

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