Latest sightings
Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Common tern Friends hide Snipe with chicks Oystercatcher with chicks Lady Fen Oystercatcher with chicks Lapwing - 3 young
15 July 2013
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Barn owl - 1 House martins and the first broods taking flight around the visitor centre Main Observatory Green sandpiper - 1 Sand martin - 10 Black-tailed godwitAvocet and young Yellow wagtail
14 July 2013
Out on the reserve today
Friends hide Green sandpiper - 1 Allport hide Ruff Black-tailed godwit Main observatory Common tern Barn owl Lady Fen Buzzard - 1
13 July 2013
Out on the reserve today
Hobby Green Sandpiper Common Tern Yellow Wagtail Clouded Yellow butterfly Cranes - 2 (4/07)
8 July 2013
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Car Park Hobby - 1 Main observatory Black-tailed godwit - 78 (in summer plumage) Brilliant opportunities to get some good photographs of these birds feeding in the lagoon only as far as 200ft from the hide at times. Our photography basement is available
27 June 2013
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Main observatory Spoonbill - 1 Lady Fen Hobby - 1 Yesterday afternoon the black-tailed godwit pair were right in front of the Nelson-Lyle hide with all 3 chicks. We've got some cracking footage and will be putting a video up on the website by the end of
26 June 2013
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Black-tailed godwit - 50
24 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Black-tailed godwit - 54 Yellow wagtail
23 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Hobby - 1 Green sandpiper - 1
22 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Green sandpiper - 1 Little ringed plover - 1
21 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Black-tailed godwits with 3 chicks again viewable from the smaller green hides - ask in the gift shop when you visit.
20 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Black-tailed godwit and chick from the small green hides between Nelson -Lyle hide and the main observatory.
17 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Green sandpiper - 1 Ruff - 1 Redshank - 16 (+chick) Cuckoo - 1 Lapwing + chicks House martins Swallows Lyle Hide Common Tern - 1 Friends Hide Marsh Harrier - 1 Lady Fen Little Ringed Plover - 2 Water voles and moorhens with chicks on vis
14 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Water vole by Jane Rowe Lyle hide Spotted redshank - 1 Water voles on the front pond and at Reedbed hide, visitors are getting great photos from both sites.
13 June 2013
Spotted redshank
Little egret and lapwing Lyle hide Spotted redshank - 1 Marsh harrier Lady Fen Lapwing pair and 3 chicks Little egret - 4 Wigeon Gadwall Lapwing and chick
12 June 2013