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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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Sightings for Saturday 31st August

Another dry and sunny day here at Welney, all hides and Summer walk are open.

Sightings for Saturday 31st August

Mute swan
Whooper swan
Canada goose
Greylag goose
Egyptian goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Pintail
Shoveler
Teal
Coot
Moorhen
Common crane (27)
Grey heron
Little egret
Kingfisher
Black-tailed godwit
Common sandpiper
Curlew sandpiper (3)
Dunlin
Green sandpiper
Greenshank
Little ringed plover
Ruff
Snipe
Blue tit
Goldfinch
Great tit
House sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Pied wagtail
Yellow wagtail
House martin
Swallow
Robin
Starling
Wheatear
Wren
Carrion crow
Jackdaw
Rook
Stock dove
Wood pigeon
Green woodpecker
Pheasant
Black-headed gull
Barn owl
Buzzard
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Merlin
Sparrowhawk

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