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Access is available to Main Observatory only due to water levels on the paths. Lady Fen loop is fully open for walkers. Direct access possible from Littleport along the A1101, and from A10 via Ten Mile Bank. A1101 from Welney village is closed currently due to flooding. 

Close alert

Welney Sightings - 17/05/2024

All Hides are now open. Lady Fen is still closed due to nesting season for the birds onsite, but the summer walk is slowly opening up as the water levels go down with access currently down to the first corner.

Welney Sightings - 17/05/2024

Highlights:

Barn Owl – Friends Hide

Bittern Booming x2

Common Tern x2 – Main Obs

Garganey (Drake) x4 – Main Obs

Whitethroat


Avocet

Blackbird

Black-headed Gull

Black-tailed Godwit

Blue Tit

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Cetti’s Warbler

Collared Dove

Coot

Great Tit

Great White Egret

Grey Heron

Greylag Goose

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Kestrel

Lapwing

Little Egret

Mallard

Marsh Harrier

Moorhen

Mute Swan

Pochard

Redshank

Reed Bunting

Robin

Sedge Warbler

Shelduck

Shoveler

Starling

Stock Dove

Swallow

Teal

Tree Sparrow

Tufted Duck

Whooper Swan

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon

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