WWT Welney is the place to catch one of the most magical sights in Britain’s nature calendar: gatherings of up to 9,000 swans and ducks, exiled from the Arctic by cold and over-wintering amid the centre’s 1,000 acre expanse of fenland. Welney isn’t only a winter place, though, for wildfowl or people! Its eco-friendly visitor centre is always packed with interest; other attractions include vast flocks of summer waders, wildflowers, butterflies, dragonflies, the Fenland’s World exhibition, and avocets –the elegant, long-legged, water-bird, once declared extinct in the UK but now fast-reviving. A lively programme of seasonal walks, talks, displays and activities runs all year-round, and the walks along the Ouse Washes are, simply, unmissable.

Welney, Norfolk, PE14 9TN

(t) 01353 860711
(e) info.welney@wwt.org.uk
(w) www.wwt.org.uk/welney

Photo credit: David Featherbe