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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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Out on the reserve today

A great day to see breeding waders today with lots of adults and chicks in front of the hides.  The swallows and house martins are incubating eggs or feeding small chicks and the reedbeds are alive with the sounds of reed warblers, sedge warblers and reed buntings.

Main Observatory
34 black-tailed godwits
3 little ringed ploversgod
Lapwings
Redshank
2 yellow wagtails
Tufted ducks

Lyle hide
8 black-tailed godwits
4 avocet chicks + adults
Shoveler ducks
10 shelduck ducklings + adults
Drumming snipe

Reedbed hide
3 black-tailed godwits
Drumming snipeavo
142 black-headed gulls

Friends hide
6 avocet chicks + adults

Lady Fen
Lapwing chicks + adults
Shelduck ducklings + adults

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