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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 - 27/02/2026

Sightings for Friday 27th February 2026

Main observatory open, all other hides and paths closed.

Swan Feed: 1st November - 28th February 2026 at 3.30pm.

Mike Potts in the gallery: 1st January - 28th February.

Mother's Day: 15th March - Treat a Mother you know to a cream tea in our Wigeon Cafe.

Signs of Spring - Easter: 28 March - 12 April

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Black Tailed Godwit

Golden Plover

Peregrine

Whooper Swan

Cranes (x11)

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Black Headed Gull

Black Tailed Godwit

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Cattle Egret

Collared Dove

Coot

Egyptian goose

Gadwall

Golden Plover

Goldfinch

Great Tit

Great White Egret

Grey Heron

Greylag Goose

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Kingfisher

Lapwing

Little Egret

Magpie

Mallard

Moorhen

Mute Swan

Oystercatcher (x2)

Pheasant

Pied wagtail

Pochard

Redshank

Reed Bunting

Robin

Shelduck

Shoveler

Sparrowhawk

Teal

Tree Sparrow

Tufted Duck

Whooper Swan

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon

Wren

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