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Water levels have peaked for now - Main hide, Nelson-Lyle and Lyle hides open to all, Friends hide open to walkers with wellies or stout walking boots to skirt around the water, Reedbed hide closed for now. Lady Fen trail fully open for walkers. All roads open, some diversions from the West, but direct access from Welney village, Littleport and Ten Mile Bank. 

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Todays sightings

A great start to the morning with plenty of waders and ducklings on the reserve.  The number of black-tailed godwits are fluctuating, a few of them have colour rings on.  If you see a bird with colour rings please try and get the combination and either tell the front desk or pop it in the sightings book.  The black-tailed godwits can have light green and dark green colours which can be confusing, they sometimes have leg flags and metal rings with a large cross on.

This beautiful painting by Ben Green shows a lovely black-tailed godwit in breeding plumage showing off its lovely colour rings.

Highlights

Green sandpiper x 3
Teal (1 female + 8 young just hatched)
Black-tailed godwits 38
Greenshank x 2
25 mallard ducklings (Lady Fen)

 

 

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