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Access to Main Hide and Nelson-Lyle and Lyle for everyone, including mobility scooters. Wellies needed to Friends, not mobility scooters. Reedbed hide and Gill's Lookout to come as water levels continue to drop. Lady Fen trails are closed now until after breeding season, but great views from cafe veranda. All roads open and accessible. 

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Welney sightings - 31/08/2025

13th September: Welney After Hours - Explore the reserve at dusk with a warden to get closer to our nocturnal wildlife, book now on our website.

Welney sightings - 31/08/2025

Cranes – Lady Fen

Dunlin – Main Observatory

Green Woodpecker Juvenile – Path to Nelson-Lyle Hide

Kingfisher

Lapwing – 50

Temminck’s Stint – Main Observatory

Black Tailed Godwit

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Carrion Crow

Cattle Egret

Collared Dove

Coot

Cranes

Cuckoo

Dunlin

Garganey

Goldfinch

Great White Egret

Green Woodpecker Juvenile

Grey Heron

House Martin

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Kestrel

Kingfisher

Lapwing

Little Egret

Little Ringed Plover

Long Tailed Tit

Magpie

Mallard

Marsh Harrier

Moorhen

Mute Swan

Pied Wagtail

Pintail

Pochard

Reed Bunting

Reed Warbler

Robin

Rook

Ruff

Sedge Warbler

Shelduck

Shoveler

Starling

Stock Dove

Swallow

Teal

Temminck’s Stint

Tree Sparrow

Tufted Duck

Whooper Swan

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon

Wren

Yellow Wagtail

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