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Access is available to Main Observatory only due to water levels on the paths. Lady Fen loop is fully open for walkers. Direct access possible from Littleport along the A1101, and from A10 via Ten Mile Bank. A1101 from Welney village is closed currently due to flooding. 

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Sightings Saturday 31st December

No fog at Welney this morning with plenty of birds to see from main centre and all hides. Good day to be out for the final day of 2016 and burn off that Christmas Pud!.

Sightings today:

Bewick's swan (Friends hide)
Whooper swan (good number on Lady fen)
Egyptian Goose (Grey Morph)
Pintail
Pochard
Shelduck
Shoveler
Teal
Tufted duck
Wigeon
Great crested grebe
Snipe
Great white Egret
Kingfisher (male can be seen from Wigeon Cafe on pond)
Black-tailed godwit
Dunlin
Golden plover
Lapwing
Redshank
Fieldfare
Reedbunting
Buzzard
Marsh Harrier
Merlin
Peregrine
Cranes-14 on Lady Fen
White-fronted geese-12
Barnacle goose-1
Barn owl

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