Access to Main Hide and Nelson-Lyle and Lyle for everyone, including mobility scooters. Wellies needed to Friends, not mobility scooters. Reedbed hide and Gill's Lookout to come as water levels continue to drop. Lady Fen trails are closed now until after breeding season, but great views from cafe veranda. All roads open and accessible.

Sightings Friday 21st April

1 min read • 21 April 2017

Spring birds arriving all the time now as migration is well under way.

All hides apart from Allport remain open.

Sightings today:

Bar-tailed godwit
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Gadwall
Shelduck
Shoveler
Teal
Tufted duck
Great white egret (4)
Little egret
Grey heron
Kingfisher
Avocet
Black-tailed godwit
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Redshank
Snipe
Common tern
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Linnet
Reed bunting
Song thrush
Tree sparrow
House martin
Swallow
Hobby
Marsh harrier
Peregrine

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