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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 - 24/02/2021

WWT Welney Centre and Reserve is closed at present, but we are working hard to prepare for re-opening. We look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible; here is what wildlife you can expect on the reserve. Read on....

Welney sightings - 24/02/2021

Highlights:
Crane x 12
Cattle egret x 4
Great egret x 2
Dunlin x 120
Oystercatcher
Reed bunting singing
Skylark singing

Whooper swan
Mute swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Wigeon
Teal
Mallard
Gadwall
Shoveler
Tufted duck
Pochard
Shelduck
Grey heron
Little egret
Cormorant
Moorhen
Coot
Lapwing
Golden plover
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Snipe
Buzzard
Kestrel
Barn owl
Stock dove
Meadow pipit
Black-headed gull
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Robin singing
Wren
Great tit singing
Blue tit singing
Blackbird singing
Starling
Meadow pipit

Brown hare
Chinese water deer
Roe deer

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