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
Today's Sightings
Lapwing Avocet Redshank Egyptian Goose Black-tailed Godwit Little Ringed Plover Shelduck Swallow House Martin Sedge Warbler Kingfisher House Sparrow Tree Sparrow Shoveler Pied Wagtail Goldfinch Oystercatcher Reed Bunting
13 June 2017
Today's Sightings
Little ringed plover and chicks Little egret Redshank Shelduck and chicks Avocet and chicks Black-tailed godwit Wren Goldfinch Swallow Lapwing Kingfisher Reed warbler Oystercatcher Tree sparrow Greenfinch Swift Whitethroat Common tern Yellow wagtail Corn
12 June 2017
Today's Sightings
Redshank Avocet Lapwing Little Ringed Plover Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Black-tailed Godwit Swallow House Martin Tree Sparrow House Sparrow Goldfinch Whooper Swan Mute Swan Marsh Harrier Little Egret Cetti's Warbler Tufted Duck Buzzard Cormorant Ho
11 June 2017
Today's Sightings
Avocet Little Ringed Plover Lapwing Black-tailed Godwit Swallow House Martin Whooper Swan Common Tern Shoveler Shelduck Mallard Pochard Gadwall Pied Wagtail Goldfinch Reed Bunting Sedge Warbler Meadow Pipit House Sparrow Tree Sparrow Skylark Blue Tit Blac
10 June 2017
Today's Highlights
Red-necked phalarope - Friends hide Avocet + chicks Little ringed plover and chicks Redshank Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Tufted duck Shelduck Shoveler Tree sparrow Goldfinch Greenfinch Reed bunting Skylark Swallow Swift House martin Meadow pipit Common
9 June 2017
Today's Highlights
Red-necked phalarope by Peter Ward . Red-necked phalarope-Friends hide Tree sparrow Black-tailed godwit Little egret Great white egret-3 Redshank Coot Moorhen Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Teal Cormorant Whooper swan
8 June 2017
Sightings Wednesday 7th June 2017
Red-necked phalarope by Peter Ward . Blustery but bright start to the day, all hides remain open, Summer walk still closed. Sightings so far today: Red-necked phalarope (Nelson Lyle hide) Mute swan Whooper swan
7 June 2017
Largest family to date for Icelandic swan pair
Whooper swan pair with cygnets by Kim Tarsey . A pair of injured whooper swans have hatched a brood of five cygnets this summer at WWT Welney Wetland Centre. The pair who first bred on the reserve in 2011 are u
6 June 2017
Today's Highlights
Wet and windy day so today's sightings are a bit limited: Mute swan Whooper swan and cygnets Mallard Shoveler and chicks Shelduck Tufted duck Wigeon Teal Avocet and chicks Little ringed plover and chicks - Friends hide Black-tailed godwit Great egret Reds
6 June 2017
Today's Highlights
Swift House martin Swallows and fledglings Goldfinch Chaffinch Tree sparrow Wren Linnet Skylark Reed warbler Sedge warbler Stock dove Avocet Black-tailed godwit Lapwing Redshank Moorhen and 2nd brood chicks Little egret Mallard and 10 ducklings Shoveler a
5 June 2017
Today's sightings
Avocet pair and chicks by Peter Ward . Avocet (8 chicks on main lagoon, chicks on Lyle hide pool & Friends hide pool too) Little ringed plover (adults on main lagoon, pair with 4 chicks on Friends hide pool)
4 June 2017
Todays sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Gadwall Teal Pochard Moorhen Coot Avocet Redshank Little egret Grey heron Little-ringed plover Dunlin Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Cormorant Black-headed gull Common tern Reed warbler Sedge warbler C
3 June 2017
Today's Highlights
Shoveler and ducklings Shelduck Mallard Teal Tufted duck Avocet Lapwing Redshank Oystercatcher Moorhen and chicks Black-tailed godwit Coot Greenshank Little-ringed plover and new chicks-Friends hide Dunlin Little egret Grey heron Mute swan Whooper swan an
2 June 2017
Today's Sightings
Avocet Redshank Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Lapwing Stock Dove Whooper Swan and Cygnets Black-tailed Godwits Little Ringed Plover Black-winged Stilt Tree Sparrow Goldfinch Chaffinch Dunlin Lesser Whitethroat Kingfisher Oystercatcher Sedge Warbler Reed Warbl
1 June 2017
Sad news for black-winged stilts
Sadly, since the original news of the black-winged stilt pair hatching their chicks, we have seen the adults birds without the chicks and they have now moved from Lady Fen, to feed on the reserve. Despite the fact that the chicks haven't survived, this
1 June 2017