The last week has seen a nice selection (for us) of waders and wildfowl passing through the reserve. On Tuesday 13th the reserve's first avocet was reported, and spent half a day feeding in the shallow margins of the mere. Unfortunately none of the...

Being in the right place at the right time is important for many things, but it is particularly applicable if you want to see some of the scarcer wildlife at Fowlmere Nature Reserve. Highlight of the last two months has been a female hen harrier that...

Fowlmere reserve attracts quite a few photographers, especially if we get a long-staying scarcity such as the hen harrier that is here at the moment, but one of the locals, Gary Thornton, comes here frequently to photograph whatever he can see through...

Our website has been having technical problems with photos, so those I attached to the last blog post failed to appear. I have now uploaded them into the Fowlmere gallery. They are snapshots hastily taken by Geoff Harries, who also takes some first class...

Marsh harriers have always passed through Fowlmere on spring and autumn migration, but we have seen them more frequently as the national breeding population has increased. Assessing the age of juveniles (born this year) in autumn is relatively easy -...