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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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Out on the reserve today

Swallow by Susie Haynes
Swallow by Susie Haynes

Main observatory
Common tern - 4
Green sandpiper - 1
Avocet - 5
Redshank
Lapwing
Teal
Mallard
House martins
Swallows with three chicks part way through fledging

Nelson-Lyle Hide
Avocets
Lapwing and chicks
Redshank
Little egret - 6
Sedge warbler singing
Moorhen and chicks
Coot and chicks

Lyle hide
Mute swan pair
Avocets

Friends hide
Avocets and chicks
Snipe drumming
Redshank and chicks
Little egret
Reed buting
Reed warbler singing
Mallard and ducklings
Moorhen and chicks

Reedbed hide
Reed warbler singing
Sedge warbler singing
Skylark singing
Meadow pipit singing
Reed bunting singing
Blackbird fledglings

Summer walk
Marsh harrier
Cuckoo

Lady Fen
Barn owl
Little egrets
Shelduck
Lapwing
Redshank
Avocets and chicks
Coot & chicks
Moorhen & chicks

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