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Access to Main Hide and Nelson-Lyle for everyone, including mobility scooters. Wellies needed to Lyle, not mobility scooters. Further hides to come as water levels continue to drop. Lady Fen trails are closed now until after breeding season, but great views from cafe veranda. All roads open and accessible. 

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Welney sightings - 05/03/2026

Sightings for Thursday 5th March 2026

Welney sightings - 05/03/2026

Main observatory, Nelson-Lyle and Lyle  hides open, Friends hide and photography hide open (wellies required).

Lady Fen loop closed (breading season)

Gwen Berry in the gallery: 1st March - 30th April.

Mother's Day: 15th March - Treat a Mother you know to a cream tea in our Wigeon Cafe.

Signs of Spring - Easter: 28 March - 12 April

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Black Tailed Godwit

Marsh Harrier

Oystercatcher (x2)

Curlew

Whooper Swan

Cranes (x3)

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Black Tailed Godwit

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Cattle Egret

Cetti's warbler

Collared Dove

Coot

Gadwall

Great Tit

Great White Egret

Grey Heron

Greylag Goose

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Kestrel

Lapwing

Little Egret

Magpie

Mallard

Marsh Harrier

Moorhen

Mute Swan

Redshank

Reed Bunting

Ruff

Sand Martin

Shelduck

Shoveler

Starling

Stock Dove

Teal

Tree Sparrow

Whooper Swan

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon

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