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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 - 21/04/2021

Sightings from around the reserve today - 21 April 2021

Welney sightings - 21/04/2021

Highlights:
Bittern – 3 booming and flying between Nelson-Lyle hide screen and Lyle hide
Wheatear – 2
Yellow wagtail
Garganey – male and female on Bank Farm
Swallow

Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Shelduck
Shoveler
Mallard
Teal
Coot
Moorhen
Cormorant
Black-headed gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Mediterranean gull
Little egret

Avocet
Black-tailed godwit
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Redshank
Ruff
House sparrow
Tree sparrow
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Blue tit
Wren
Blackcap
Dunnock
Robin
Pied wagtail
Meadow pipit
Reed bunting
Starling
Blackbird
Collard dove
Stock dove
Wood pigeon
Jackdaw
Magpie
Carrion crow
Red legged partridge
Marsh harrier
Buzzard

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