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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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WeBS count

Highlights:
Goldeneye - 8
Another reserve record this winter for tufted duck on the Ouse washes at WWT Welney.

Great crested grebe - 9
Little egret - 2
Little grebe - 1

Wigeon - 5001
Mallard - 917
Tufted duck - 730
Pochard - 502
Teal - 397
Gadwall - 33
Shoveler - 20
Shelduck - 10

Lapwing - 830
Golden plover - 32
Dunlin - 15
Redshank - 13
Oystercatcher - 8
Snipe - 1
Curlew - 1

Marsh harrier - 2
Kestrel - 2
Sparrowhawk - 1

Starling - 60
Fieldfare - 55

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