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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 - 28/02/2026

Final commentated wild bird feed today at 3:30pm. Access to Main Observatory only, Great views available from the visitor centre.

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

Cranes – 13

Golden Plover

Pochard

Whooper Swan

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Barn Owl

Black Headed Gull

Black Tailed Godwit

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Cattle Egret

Collared Dove

Coot

Cranes - 13

Curlew - 6

Gadwall

Golden Plover

Goldfinch

Great Tit

Great White Egret

Grey Heron

Greylag Goose

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Lapwing

Magpie

Mallard

Moorhen

Mute Swan

Oystercatcher

Pheasant

Pintail

Pochard

Redshank

Reed Bunting

Robin

Shelduck

Shoveler

Teal

Tree Sparrow

Tufted Duck

Whooper Swan

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon

Wren

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