Latest sightings
Sightings Thursday 25th August
Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Ruff Snipe Black-tailed Godwit Greenshank Lapwing Ringed plover Golden plover (87 on main lagoon) Wigeon Teal Mallard Gadwall Little egret Kingfisher Hobby Marsh harrier Tree sparrow Goldfinch Yellow wagtail
25 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Tree sparrow and young by Gill McCoy A dozen Golden plover flew in to Main Observatory pool at 2pm today Greenshank - Lady Fen Common sandpiper-Friends and Main obs Green sandpiper-Friends and Main obs Whooper swan pa
22 August 2016
Rare sawfly found
Willow sawfly larvae by Annabelle Hammond Earlier this month our volunteer, Annabelle Hammond, found this awesome caterpillar whilst managing some of the willow. It turned out to be a very rare species called the wi
22 August 2016
Water at Friends pool
Water levels are now back to normal on our Friends pool. This addition of water over the top of freshly rotivated mud will be a combination that birds will find hard to resist! Plenty of feeding opportunities for hungry travellers, it will be interestin
19 August 2016
House martin & swallow spectacle
The house martins and swallows have had a busy breeding season on the reserve this summer; but it's not over yet! Juveniles from early broods are now feeding on the wing alongside the adults. They can't roost in the nests as there is not enough room, so
18 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Dunlin-3 on Lady Fen Greenshank Ruff-26 Black-tailed godwit-24 Redshank-3 Green sandpiper-4 Reed warbler Sedge warbler Swallows House martins Yellow wagtail Greylag geese Lapwing Starling Marsh harrier Little egret-27 Snipe-4 kingfisher
18 August 2016
Reserve management works
Currently the water levels have been lowered on the pools in front of our Nelson-Lyle, Lyle and Friends hides. This is to allow the reserve team access to create the prefect conditions for birds passing through in late summer and autumn, as well as bird
15 August 2016
Sightings Monday 15th August
Greenshank Redshank Green sandpiper Common sandpiper RuffDunlin Black-tailed godwit Snipe Little egret Kingfisher Sand martin House martin Swallow Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail Reed warbler Willow warbler Linnet Stock dove Peregrine Kestrel
15 August 2016
Sightings Sunday 14th August
Wood sandpiper Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Ruff Snipe Redshank Lapwing Little egret Kingfisher Hobby Marsh harrier Buzzard Kestrel
15 August 2016
Sightings Saturday 13th August
Wood sandpiper Common sandpiper Greeen sandpiper Ruff Redshank Blacktailed godwit Snipe Little egret Garganey Yellow wagtail Marsh harrier Kestrel
15 August 2016
Today's sightings Friday 12th August
Cranes - 3 (2 Adults 1 Juv) - Lyle hide Great white Egret Little egret Golden plover Wood Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Dunlin Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Snipe Yellow wagtail Pied wagtail Kestrel Hobby Marsh harrier Buzzard
12 August 2016
Sightings August 11th
Despite the wet and overcast start to the day there have been quite a few sightings on Lady Fen and the washes. Little stint Ruff Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Snipe (15 on Lady fen) Black-tailed godwit Golden plover (31 on washes) Redshank Little egre
11 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Wood sandpiper Green sandpiper Common sandpiper Great white egret Little egret Redshank Teal Heron Whooper swans and 2 cygnets Mute swans Mallard and new ducklings Moorhen Coot Great crested grebe Ruff Kingfisher Kestrel Peregrine Black headed gulls Pied
8 August 2016
Today's Sightings
Main Observatory:- Wood sandpiper Common sandpiper Green sandpipers Hobby Sparrowhawk Marsh harrier Peregrine Lady Fen:- Ruff-5 Redshank Lapwing Snipe-15 Lots of Painted ladies Migrant Hawker
7 August 2016
Today's Highlights
Lady Fen:- Ruff Snipe Redshank Green sandpiper Little egret -26 Main Observatory:- Wood sandpiper Green sandpiper-3 Common sandpiper Kingfisher Common tern Mallard with new ducklings Hobby Peregrine nearly caught a kingfisher Ruff-5 Whooper swan and 2 cyg
6 August 2016