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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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Welney Sightings-05/12/2020

The hides are now open between Main Observatory & Friends Hide. Footpaths are passable with good boots. Lady Fen is open for self-guided hare walks. The shop is open, and the café is open for takeaway drinks & snacks. Toilets are open.

Welney Sightings-05/12/2020

Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Pintail
Mallard
Shoveler
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Wigeon
Teal
Gadwall
Dunlin
Snipe
Redshank
Water rail on path to Lyle hide
Great white egret-Friends hide
Little egret
Glossy Ibis on Lady Fen
Black tailed godwit
Cattle egret
Lapwing
Cormorant
Black headed gull
Herring gull
Kingfisher
Goldfinch
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Marsh harrier
Buzzard

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