Welney Sightings - 20/12/2020

Access is currently to the Main Observatory. Lady Fen is open for self-guided hare walks. The shop is open, and the café is open for takeaway drinks & snacks. Toilets are open. The A1101 Wash Road is flooding, ring Centre for access details.

Today's Highlights:
Cattle egret (showing really well on the river bank)
Goldeneye (drake)
Cranes x 6 (flying over Visitor Centre late afternoon)
Large flocks of golden plover & lapwing

Regular Sightings:
Whooper swan
Mute swan
Pochard
Mallard
Teal
Wigeon
Tufted duck
Shoveler
Pintail
Moorhen
Coot
Great crested grebe
Redshank
Snipe
Dunlin
Black-tailed godwit
Greylag goose
Canada goose
Marsh harrier
Buzzard
Kestrel
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Starling























  • Share this article