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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. 

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Welney sightings - 18/08/2025

Visit us tomorrow from 7am for a moth identification session, members also gain early access to the reserve.

Welney sightings - 18/08/2025

Cattle Egret

Green Sandpiper

Little Ringed Plover

Greenshank

Black Tailed Godwit


Sedge Warbler

Reed Warbler

Mute Swan

Greylag Goose

Shelduck

Yellow Wagtail

Common Sandpiper

Snipe

Teal

Pochard

Tufted Duck

Gadwall

Mallard

Coot

Moorhen

Great White Egret

Redshank

Common Tern

Wood Sandpiper

Reed Bunting

Wigeon

Tree Sparrow

Goldfinch

Lapwing

Magpie

Carrion Crow

Rook

Jackdaw

Blackbird

Stock Dove

Collared Dove

Feral Pigeon

Black Headed Gull

Robin

Pheasant

Kestrel

Marsh Harrier

Swallow

House Martin

Green Woodpecker

Ruff

Great Tit

Robin

Grey Heron

Pied Wagtail

Dunnock

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