We are open with the following access: main hide to all visitors including scooters users. Wellies needed for Nelson-Lyle and Lyle hides. All Lady Fen trails open - stout walking boots advised.
Road access is possible direct from A10 at Littleport or A10 via Ten Mile Bank.
Latest sightings
Sightings Thursday 13th July
Warming up here this morning at Welney and with the wind dropping should be good for dragonflies and butterflies, already Hummingbird hawkmoth has been seen on the reserve previous two days. Migratory birds are also dropping in like Knot yesterday afterno
13 July 2017
Today's Sightings
Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Ruff Little Ringed Plover Avocet Redshank Sparrowhawk Swallow House Martin Black-tailed Godwit Whooper Swan Mute Swan Mallard Oystercatcher Greylag Geese Tree Sparrow House Sparrow Goldfinch Linnet Cuckoo Buzzard Kestrel C
12 July 2017
Sightings Tuesday 11th July
Overcast but so far no rain here at Welney, all hides and Summer walk open. Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Graylag goose Shelduck Teal Coot Moorhen Crane Grey heron Little egret Kingfisher Avocet Black-tailed godwit Common sandpiper Green sandpip
11 July 2017
Today's Highlights
Crane x 2 at Friends hide Greenshank- Lyle hide Grey heron Little egret Black-tailed godwit Ruff Lapwing and chicks Avocet Oystercatcher Coot Moorhen and chicks Little ringed plover Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Mallard Teal Wigeon Shelduck Shoveler Gr
10 July 2017
Sightings Sunday July 9th
Cranes in flight by Tony Orwell Warm but slightly overcast day here at Welney, all hides and Summer walk are open. Sightings today: Bewick's swan Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Mallard Teal Moorhen Crane (
9 July 2017
Today's Sightings
Cuckoo on summer walk by Karen Harpin 4 Cranes flying south from Nelson-Lyle Hide and over the summer walk Cuckoo - summer walk Little ringed plover and 3 chicks - Main Observatory Black-tailed godwit Oystercatc
8 July 2017
Today's Highlights
Cuckoo on summer walk by Karen Harpin 2 Cranes at Friends hide Avocet Shoveler Mallard Wigeon Teal Moorhen Coot Oystercatcher Heron Little egret Lapwing Little ringed plover Whooper swan Mute swan Tree sparrow G
7 July 2017
Today's Sightings
Cuckoo on summer walk by Karen Harpin Marsh harrier Green sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Avocet Heron Redshank Mallard Buzzard Little ringed plover and 3 chicks Cetti's warbler Reed warbler Whitethroat Grey heron
6 July 2017
Today's Highlights
Avocet Shoveler Mallard Teal Wigeon Coot Moorhen Little ringed plover and chicks Green sandpiper Crane fly-by Cranes x 2 feeding in pm Mute swan Whooper swan Pied wagtail Tree sparrow Reed bunting Starlings flocks Cuckoo x 2 on overhead wires on summer wa
5 July 2017
Sightings Tuesday 4th July
Warm and bright start to the day with plenty of Dragonflies and butterflies on the wing. All hides and the Summer walk are open. Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Shoveler Moorhen Coot Avocet Black-tailed godwit Little-ringed plover Redshank
4 July 2017
Today's Highlights
Spoonbill-Main Obs in a.m. Black-tailed godwit Oystercatcher Moorhen Coot Corncrake-heard Lyle-Friends hide Stock dove Swallow House martin Tree sparrow Goldfinch Chaffinch Starling flock gathering in size
3 July 2017
Sightings Sunday 2nd July
Summer is back with lots of dragonflies on the wing, all hides and Summer walk are open. Sightings so far today: Greylag goose Whooper swan Mute swan Mallard Teal Wigeon Shelduck Pochard Moorhen Little egret Grey heron Common tern Avocet Black-tailed godw
2 July 2017
Todays sightings
Greylag goose Wigeon Teal Mallard and ducklings Shoveler Shelduck Green sandpiper-2 at Main Obs Avocet Redshank Moorhen and chicks of two broods Little ringed plover and chicks Grey heron Little egret Common tern Buzzard Marsh harrier Hobby Kestrel Tree
1 July 2017
Todays sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Mallard Teal Shelduck Tufted duck Grey heron Black-tailed godwit Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Little ringed plover Moorhen Coot Cormorant Black-headed gull Lesser black backed gull Sparrowhawk Hobby Swallow House martin Wren Reed w
30 June 2017
Today's Sightings
Peregrine Oystercatcher Tree sparrow Goldfinch Avocet Buzzard Green sandpiper - 2 Little ringed plover and 3 chicks Lapwing Cuckoo Common tern Redshank Pochard Teal Shoveler Mallard Shelduck and chicks Whitethroat Sedge warbler Linnet Whooper swan Little
29 June 2017