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Access is available to Main Observatory only due to water levels on the paths. Lady Fen loop is closed due to  the wildlife spectacle, Great views from visitor centre and Gill's Lookout . Access via A1101 at Littleport, also road open from Ten Mile Bank.

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Welney Sightings - 01/03/2021

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....

Welney Sightings - 01/03/2021

Highlights:
Cattle egret x 6
Great egret x 7
Snipe x 14
Dunlin x 20
Cranes x 8

Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Pintail
Wigeon
Teal
Mallard
Gadwall
Shoveler
Tufted duck
Goldeneye
Pochard
Shelduck
Grey heron
Cormorant
Moorhen
Coot
Great crested grebe
Golden plover (flock of c200)
Black-tailed godwit (flock of few hundred)
Redshank
Kestrel
Stock dove
Meadow pipit
Black-headed gull
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Robin
Wren
Blackbird
Starling
Meadow pipit
Blue tit
Great tit

Brown hare
Roe deer

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