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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 - 27/02/2021

WWT Welney Centre and Reserve is closed at present, but we are working hard to prepare for re-opening. We look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible; here is what wildlife you can expect on the reserve. Read on....

Highlights:
Dunlin x 31
Snipe x 29
Crane x 12
Avocet x 6
Oystercatcher x 6
Goldeneye x 8 (4 drakes & 4 females)
Great egret x 1
Cattle egret x 2
Little egret x 4

Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Pintail
Wigeon
Teal
Mallard
Gadwall
Shoveler
Tufted duck
Pochard
Shelduck
Grey heron
Cormorant
Moorhen
Coot
Lapwing
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Marsh harrier
Kestrel
Stock dove
Meadow pipit
Black-headed gull
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Robin
Wren
Great tit singing
Blackbird
Starling
Meadow pipit

Brown hare
Roe deer
Chinese water deer

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