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.

Todays Highlights

1 min read • 23 March 2015

A beautiful day on the reserve and some cracking birds

Highlights include

Bittern - Friends Hide
Little owl - Nelson Lyle hide - First seen on the reserve since 2007! (not including ones seen by the road)
Short eared Owl - Main observatory - Delph bank

Avocets
Redshank
Oystercatcher
Green sandpiper
Snipe
Black-tailed godwits
Lapwing
Golden plover
Dunlin
Curlew
Ruff

2 Sparrowhawks
Barn owl
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Buzzard

Weasel - Car park
Stoat - Car park

Small tortoiseshell butterfly

Photo - James Lees - (Slimbridge)