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.

Dawn Swan Count

1 min read • 17 November 2015

This morning Louise, Josh and a band of excited volunteers were on site before dawn to count the swans before they leave the washes for the day, go out into the fields and feed on sugar beet tops and mouldy potatoes.

Total swans at WWT Welney

Whooper swans - 1863

Bewick's swans - 193

Total swans on the whole of the Ouse Washes

Whooper swans - 4762

Bewick's swans - 193