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Access to Main Hide and Nelson-Lyle and Lyle for everyone, including mobility scooters. Wellies needed to Friends, not mobility scooters. Reedbed hide and Gill's Lookout 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 - 06/03/2026

Sightings for Friday 6th March 2026

Welney sightings - 06/03/2026

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.

Kese Berry in the cafe: 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)

Whooper Swan

Cranes (x5)

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Black Tailed Godwit

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Buzzard

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Cattle Egret

Cetti's warbler

Collared Dove

Coot

Dunnock

Egyptian goose

Gadwall

Great Tit

Great White Egret 

Grey Heron

Greylag Goose

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Kestrel

Lapwing

Little Egret

Magpie

Mallard

Marsh Harrier

Moorhen

Mute Swan

Oystercatcher

Redshank

Reed Bunting

Shelduck

Shoveler

Starling

Stock Dove

Teal

Tree Sparrow

Whooper Swan

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon

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