Skip to content header Skip to main content Skip to content footer

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. 

Close alert

Welney Sightings 04.05.2022

cloudy but dry day

Welney Sightings 04.05.2022

Highlights:
Cuckoo
Moorhen and 3 chicks
Corncrake heard calling.
Eurasian Whimbrel (Lady fen)
Greenshank (Lyle Hide)
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat

Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Shelduck
Shoveler
Mallard
Tufted duck
Wigeon
Teal
Coot
Little Egret
Great white Egret
Cattle Egret
Black-tailed godwit
Ruff
Avocet
Oystercatcher
Snipe
Lapwing
Swallow
House martin
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Reed bunting
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Kestrel
Marsh harrier

  • Share this article