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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 - 07/03/2021

WWT Welney Centre and Reserve is closed at present, but we are working hard to prepare for re-opening. We look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible; here is what wildlife you can expect on the reserve.

Welney Sightings - 07/03/2021

Highlights:
Barnacle geese x 40+
Cattle egret x 6
Great white egret x 5
Cranes
Curlew
Dunlin

Other sightings:
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Wigeon
Teal
Mallard
Gadwall
Shoveler
Tufted duck
Pochard
Shelduck
Grey heron
Cormorant
Moorhen
Coot
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Snipe
Kestrel
Buzzard
Marsh harrier
Stock dove
Black-headed gull
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Robin
Wren
Blackbird
Starling
Meadow pipit
Blue tit
Great tit

Brown hare
Roe deer
Muntjac deer

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