Latest sightings
Todays sightings
A beautiful day on the reserve lots of lapwing chicks tottering around outside the café, displaying black-tailed godwits, 2 great white egrets flying around the reserve and jack snipe infront of Nelson-lyle hide. Todays sightings - Avocet Barn owl Bewick
23 April 2015
Todays Sightings
Great day, highlights are: Jack snipe Wheatear Whimbrel - Lady Fen Hobby Great white egret - 2 Avocet Barn owl Bewick’s swan Black-headed gull Black-tailed godwit Blackbird Blackcap Blue tit Buzzard Crow Cetti’s warbler Chaffinch Chi
21 April 2015
Todays Highlights
Garganey - male and female on Lady Fen, can be seen from the café Lapwing chick - Lady Fen Gadwall - male and female Whitethroat - Allport hide Yellow Wagtail - Lady Fen
20 April 2015
Todays Highlights
Yellow wagtail - 17 on Lady Fen
19 April 2015
Today's Highlights
Common tern - 4 Sedge warbler Buzzard Marsh harrier 2 female, 1 male Dunlin -16 Ruff -5 Avocet -60 Whooper swan -10 Little egret -4 Little-ringed plover Black-tailed godwit -74 Garganey -Main observatory and Lyle hide House martin Black cap -Reedbed hide
18 April 2015
Today's Highlights
Great egret - reedbed hide Garganey male -Lyle hide Stock doves - Lady fen Snipe Curlew Avocet Mute swans nesting on Lady fen
17 April 2015
Todays sightings
Blackcap - 3 Little ringed plover - 7 Dunlin - 21
15 April 2015
Blue-headed yellow wagtail
Lady Fen Blue-headed yellow wagtail - 1 Yellow wagtail - 30+ Avocet Barn owl Bewick's swan Black-headed gull Black-tailed godwit Blackbird Blackcap Blue tit Buzzard Crow Cetti's warbler Chaffinch Chiffchaff Collard dove Common gull Common tern Coot Cormor
14 April 2015
Todays Sightings
A fantastic spring day on the reserve great weather to see our summer birds coming back Highlights Common Sandpiper really close to the main observatory on the gravel just below the window fantastic for the photography basement. Yellow wagtails on Lady Fe
12 April 2015
Todays Highlights
A beautiful day in the afternoon. Lots of spring birds arriving including: Yellow wagtails - 3 males out on Lady Fen best seen from the car park and the café Swallows House martins Other highlights Great white egret showing really well from the main ob
11 April 2015
Today's Highlights
Little-ringed plover -4 Garganey male and female- (Nelson Lyle hide) Golden plover in breeding plumage Black-tailed godwit -80 Dunlin -20 on Lady fen
10 April 2015
Todays Highlights
A beautiful day out on the reserve Great white egret - lyle hide 40 Ruff 42 Avocets Lapwing Redshank 7 Black-tailed godwits - wickering Snipe - drumming Oystercatcher Curlew - 4 Wigeon Mallard Pochard Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Teal Gadwall Coot Moorhe
6 April 2015
Today's Highlights
Dunlin -33 Little egret -24 Black-tailed godwit -6 Avocet -45 Curlew Whooper swans -17 Cetti's warbler -singing at Reedbed hide Egyptian geese -8 Swallows -3 Great egret -Reedbed hide
4 April 2015
daily sightings
The great white egret was still on site this morning, nice and close to reedbed hide, no sign of the spoonbill but there were lots of egrets hiding at the back of the marsh so he might still be out there. Elsewhere the new spring arrivals continue with th
27 March 2015
Today's Highlights
The first Little ringed plover to appear this year on the reserve was in front of the main observatory on the spit of land where they nested last year! Also the Barn Owl was showing well, quartering Lady Fen in the morning. Marsh harrier-female Cetti's wa
27 March 2015