Latest sightings
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
Out on the reserve today
Arctic tern - 45, flew North Marsh harrier Friends hide Avocets with chicks Summer walk - now open Cuckoo calling Snipe drumming Yellow flag iris coming into flower at the beginning of the walk
8 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Crane - 2 Hobby - 1 Red Kite - 1 Cuckoo - 2
3 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Poplar hawk moth Moth species caught in the trap Poplar hawk moth - 5 Common swift - 5 Buff ermine - 1 Pebble prominent - 1 Poplar grey - 1 The last moth trap session of the half term will be Saturday 1 June, 10.30-11
30 May 2013
Out on the reserve today
Greenshank - 1 (Friends Hide) Barnacle Geese - 5 (Lady Fen) Little Ringed Plover - 2 (Lady Fen) Marsh Harrier - 1 (Reedbed Hide) Whitethroat Common Tern The nesting Moorhen on the Visitor Centre entrance pond is now the proud mother of 1 chick. The reside
25 May 2013
Today's Sightings
Hobby Marsh Harrier Yellow Wagtail Redshank Avocet Black-tailed Godwit Little Egret
24 May 2013
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Wood sandpiper - 2 Visitor centre ponds Water vole - 1 just the one seen today sitting out in the open on the pond weed munching away Moorhen - 1 pair on a nest, 1 pair with young to the rear of the centre Reedbed hide Cuckoo - 1 male seen and he
23 May 2013
Out on the reserve today
Friends Hide Spoonbill - 2 Ruff - 1 Avocet - 10
18 May 2013
Out on the reserve today
Barn owl by Leigh Marshall Nelson-Lyle hide Spoonbill - 1 Friends hideRuff in summer plumage - 1 Greenshank - 2 Curlew - 2 Barn owl - 1 DON'T FORGET - we're open late tonight for the Evening safari event. Join us 6-
17 May 2013
Out on the reserve today
Red kite - 1 Cuckoo - 1 Friends hide Ruff Lyle hide Spoonbill - 1 Main observatory Hobby - 2 Buzzard - 2 Marsh harrier - 2 Little ringed plover
16 May 2013