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Access is available to Main Observatory only due to water levels on the paths. Lady Fen loop is closed due to  the wildlife spectacle, Great views from visitor centre and Gill's Lookout . Access via A1101 at Littleport, also road open from Ten Mile Bank.

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Welney sightings - 27/03/2021

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.

Welney sightings - 27/03/2021

Highlights:
Little ringed plover
Black-tailed godwit - Project Godwit birds returning as well as flocks of Icelandic godwits migrating through
Great white egret
Cattle egret
Avocet
Ruff
Red kite

Other sightings:
Mute swan
Whooper swan
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Shelduck
Shoveler
Pintail
Tufted duck
Pochard
Mallard
Wigeon
Teal
Coot
Moorhen
Grey heron
Little egret
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Snipe
Kestrel
Buzzard
Marsh harrier
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Starling
Meadow pipit
Skylark
Blue tit
Great tit

Brown hare
Roe deer

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