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.

Welney Sightings 01/07/2022

All the incubated bred here Eurasian Black-tailed Godwits have now been released and are around the reserve .

1 min read • 1 July 2022

High Lights
Avocet
Black-tailed godwit
Little ringed plover
Greenshank
Ruff
Wood sandpiper

Lapwing
Redshank
Great white egret
Grey heron
Little egret
Cormorant
Coot
Moorhen + chicks
Teal
Tufted duck
Mallard
Shoveler
Shelduck
House martin
Swallow
Goldfinch
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Reed bunting
Sedge warbler
Reed warbler
Wren
Robin
Blue tit
Pied wagtail
Yellow wagtail
Starling
Blackbird
Wood pigeon
Stock dove
Black headed gull
Common tern
Magpie
Jackdaw
Carrion crow
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Spoonbill

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Welney Sightings 01/07/2022

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