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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-11/03/2019

A cool and blustery day with lots of birds taking refuge on the Reserve

Wigeon
Teal
Pochard
Mallard
Tufted duck
Shelduck
Shoveler
Gadwall
Pintail
Goldeneye
Scaup male
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag geese
Canada geese
Tundra bean geese -Main Observatory
Pink-footed geese
Cormorant
Redshank
Little egret
Great white egret x 3
Cattle egret
Grey heron
Great crested grebe
Common sandpiper
Curlew
Lapwing
Black-tailed godwit
Avocet
Oystercatcher
Green sandpiper
Moorhen
Coot
Ruff
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
Goldfinch
Pied wagtail
Skylark
Dunnock
House sparrow
Blackbird
Jackdaw
Merlin
Sparrowhawk
Marsh harrier
Peregrine
Kestrel

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