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I’ve just had the most AMAZING morning. Very wet, but truly AMAZING! We’ve just been to visit one of our marsh harrier nests in the reedbed. Not only that, but we installed our live feed camera there too, so you can watch it for yourself! ( http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/leightonmoss...

It's been all go at the Moss this weekend, when we had the pleasure of a visit from our Board and Council members. It was a great opportunity for us to showcase all that Leighton Moss has to offer and they all seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. We certainly had great fun showing them all round...

Sometimes, just sometimes, wildlife it seems can be predicted! At the end of the last blog post I included some wildlife highlights to look out for in the coming week. And for once the wildlife obliged! Firstly a stoat was spotted bounding down the path to lower hide, scurrying around with their...

Well with April fast approaching it's end our wildlife is just getting started! This has to be my favourite time of year, with the sound of bird song, the croak of frogs and the rustling in the reeds all adding to the wonder of spring. One of the undoubted highlights of this season is the emergence...

We are very excited that the avocet count on the saltmarsh pools has risen to 54! Given the success we had last season with 48 young ones fledged from 19 pairs of adults, we look set for similar this year. Pop down to the Eric Morecambe and Allen hides to get close up views of this iconic emblem of the...

The changing of the clocks last week made a 4.30am start all the more difficult this morning as I set off for the weekly bittern watch with the stars still out! But my efforts were certainly rewarded with some fantastic bittern behaviour at Barrow Scout fields! On my arrival at the usual listening...

The fantastic weather of the past couple of weeks has meant the whole reserve is looking brilliant! Spring is starting to gain momentum now, most of our resident birds are singing and we're awaiting the arrival of our migrants with baited breath (apparently ospreys have already been reported in the...

We've not heard any sound of our smitten bittern making his loved ones' hearts' boom yet (profuse apologies for another terrible double pun). However, there have been lots of bittern sightings reported over the last few days. Public and Lilian's hides seem to be the hot spots at the moment...

Well I have found my gloves so I am now back to my full complement of outdoor wear (and due to current conditions I have certainly needed them!) I apologise for the lack of sightings updates but I have been down at The Lodge in Sandy, enjoying a look around the RSPB headquarters and getting a closer...

Taken in June 2011

Taken from Greisdale Hide, 13/4/10

This was taken at Leighton Moss in May 2008 by Mike Malpass.