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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 - 17/08/24

Roads open direct from A10 at Littleport, and A1101 from Welney village. Roadworks between A10 and Ten Mile Bank, with possible closures.

Welney sightings - 17/08/24

Highlights:

Spoonbill

Yellow Wagtail

Green Sandpiper

Ruff

Snipe

Wigeon

Tree Sparrow

Greylag Goose

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Whooper Swan

Moorhen

Coot

Cormorant

Mallard

Shoveler

Teal

Wigeon

Black-Headed Gull

Little Egret

Great White Egret

Grey Heron

Avocet - 2

Ruff - 31

Snipe

Garganey (Female)

Green Sandpiper

Yellow Wagtail - 4

Pied Wagtail

Goldfinch

Great Tit

Blue Tit

Wren

House Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

Stock Dove

Wood Pigeon

Collared Dove

Pheasant

Blackbird

Starling

Jackdaw

Rook

Peregrine

Kestrel

Buzzard

Marsh Harrier – 5

Meadow Brown

Red Admiral

Small Tortoiseshell

Green Veined White

Small White

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