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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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Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) Count

WeBS Count for 9th March 2020

Little grebe - 13

Great crested grebe - 6
Great cormorant - 40
Little egret - 6
Great egret - 2
Grey heron - 11
Mute swan - 23
Whooper swan - 126
Bewick's swan - 1
Greylag goose - 140
Common shelduck - 14
Eurasian wigeon - 4279
Gadwall - 64
Eurasian teal - 232
Mallard - 301
Northern pintail - 6
Northern shoveler - 106
Common pochard - 248
Tufted duck - 230
Goldeneye - 2
Common moorhen - 8
Common coot - 198
Northern lapwing - 191
Dunlin - 8
Oystercatcher - 10
Avocet - 3
Common snipe - 7
Black-tailed godwit - 12
Eurasian curlew - 1
Common redshank - 15
Eurasian marsh harrier - 3
Eurasian sparrowhawk - 1
Common buzzard - 6
Common kestrel - 1
Barn owl - 2
Black-headed gull - 800
Lesser black-backed gull - 12
Common gull - 17
Herring gull - 1
Pheasant - 26
Red-legged partridge - 3
Carrion crow - 6
Jackdaw - 18
Rook - 12
Magpie - 16
Wood pigeon - 86
Stock dove - 8
Great spotted woodpecker - 1
Skylark - 8
Starling - 127
Meadow pipit - 9
Linnet - 7
Reed bunting - 7
Pied wagtail - 2
Goldfinch - 3
Chaffinch - 4
Great tit - 2
Blue tit - 1
Robin - 3
Wren - 2
Blackbird - 2
Song thrush - 2
Tree sparrow - 4
Chiffchaff - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Goldcrest - 1

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