Latest sightings
Little ringed plover chicks
Today in front of the Main Observatory the little ringed plover chicks have hatched out and are feeding happily. The parents are very protective, chasing off all other waders and preforming faking a broken wing to distract predators.
23 May 2014
White-winged black tern
A great end to a lovely day as a white-winged black tern hunts for insects low over the wet areas on Lady Fen
20 May 2014
Todays sightings
Lady Fen Lapwing and chicks Avocets Shelduck Roe deer Main observatory Whooper swans Black-tailed godwits Little ringed plovers Avocet chicks - 5 Lyle hide - 10 Friends hide Friends hide Garganey Cuckoo
20 May 2014
Todays sightings
Friends hide 10 avocet chicks Redshank Mallard Heron Mute swan Lyle hide 5 avocet chicks Black tailed godwits Pintail Tufted ducks Redshank Mallard Coot Mute swan Sedge warbler Pied wagtail Shoveler Nelson-lyle hide Coot Mute swan Shoveler lillte egret He
19 May 2014
Todays sightings
Peregrine over the visitor centre Marsh harrier - Friends hide Sparrowhawk - Friends hide Whitethroat - Nelson-lyle hide Sedge warblers
17 May 2014
Todays sightings
Lady Fen Little egret Lapwing Nelson-lyle hide Great white egret Lyle hide Avocet chicks 4 Main Observatory Black tailed godwits
15 May 2014
Todays sightings
Lady Fen Ringed plover 86 Dunlin 13 Shovler ducklings Little egrets 11 Reedbed hide Great white egret Buzzard
14 May 2014
Great white egret
Reedbed hide Great white egret - 1 (towards summer walk) Buzzard - 1 sat on post near hideCuckoo - 1 Lady Fen (towards back) Ringed plover - 86 Dunlin - 13
14 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Great white egret - 1 (Reedbed hide towards the summer walk) Avocet - 58 (first two broods have hatched from the Lyle hide) Little ringed plover - 2 Main observatory Cuckoo Sedge warbler
13 May 2014
World Migratory Bird Day
This weekend is World Migratory Bird Day it is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. Highlights today include: Great white egret - flew past the main observatory 110 swifts ov
11 May 2014
Todays Sightings
Today is the first day of World Migratory Bird Day which it is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. Out on the reserve today: Great White Egret Snipe - Lady Fen Lapwings + ch
10 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Common tern - 2 Little ringed plover - 2 Cuckoo - 1 House martins starting to nest above the windows Swallows prospecting the North wing hide Shoveler Shelduck Lady Fen Lapwing - several pairs with chicks Redshank Shelduck Avocet
8 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Cranes Lady Fen Crane - 2 Additional sightings from yesterday: Red kite - 1 (flew West over the centre and reserve) Great white egret - 1 (Lyle hide)
6 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Hobby - 2 Cuckoo - 1
5 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Linnet Swift - 5 Reedbed hide/dragonfly ponds Hairy dragonfly Willow warbler Sedge warbler Reed warbler Main observatory Little ringed plover - 4 Pochard - 2 Avocet Lyle hide Avocet - the majority of pairs are nesting
4 May 2014