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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...

Hundreds of Swifts careening about the marsh today and quite a few hirundines with them but despite checking nothing odd could be found. Plenty else to see though with the drake Garganey showing well and having a good fly round, Greenshank out on the flashes again, baby Lapwings in several spots, dashing...

The weather was pretty dour early in the week and the blog was looking a bit lean a couple of days ago but the brighter weather has woken everything up again and the last few days has seen plenty more activity on the reserve. Last weekend saw a huge influx of Swallows and Martins and Swifts in particular...

This week at Minsmere we’ve been bittern and marsh harrier watching, as well as carrying out our first bearded tit survey of the year (as well as my first ever!). The bittern watch revealed slightly more activity than in previous weeks with a few chases of females by males being seen but no...

The amazing weather of last week continued into the early part of this week and with it the interesting sightings continued to flow. The weekend saw a huge influx of Swifts over the Avalon Marshes, with 1000's seen and there were several hundred flying over the reserve today as well along with...

Hi, The week brought with it some glorious hot sunny days which created ideal conditions for our weekly butterfly transect. Species recorded during the survey included, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, and Green-veined White. Wader passage was a prominent fixture during the week with a traditional...

Another good day out on the marsh although the early morning rain and a light south-easterly breeze hinted that it could have been better... The highlights were: a calling Wood Sandpiper, 4 Shoveler, 4 Teal, m Corn Bunting, m Willow Warbler, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, 6 Whimbrel, 3...

With the wonderful weather we've had over the past few days, things have been busy down here at the reserve. Although the weather may have cooled down the bird action certainly hasn't with this morning bringing with it some brilliant views of a female marsh harrier and a male hen harrier , both...

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...

On Thursday i had to attend a funeral at Bury St Edmunds and decided to stopover afterwards as it was uch a long drive. The funeral went well, it was beautiful day which helped lift everyone's spirits, especially afterwards as we all sat and reminisced in the sunshine in the pub garden. We decided...

i have just taken this with my compact, not bad for a beginner hey lol

i am still waiting for my new camera so in the mean time i take pics with my compact so the quality isn`t always top notch but i still think these are decent enough to recognise what they are xxx

i was ready to turn off my camera when i noticed these just starting to argue over the Niger feeder so i managed a couple of pics, please remember these are taken with a compact camera so the quality isn`t top notch but still decent i think xxxx

Got up nice and early this morning and headed off to Somerset to enjoy a day in the sunshine exploring some reserves I have never visited before - Greylake and Ham Wall as top of the list. Got onto the M5 and headed south but still the promised sunshine hadn't arrived. Still it was early (for me...

This was my first visit to Blacktoft Sands, and certainly not my last :-)

Hi there, I took this photograph at RSPB Dungeness today. A birdwatcher in the hide said that the bird on the right hovering over a reed bed was a juvenile marsh harrier. It wasn't until I opened the photograph on the computer that I realised that there was a bird on the left. Is that a kestrel...

One of the marsh harriers flying aroung blacktoft today. Taken with a basic camera so did not want to crop this image.

Firstly, I must say that a month or so ago I decided I would change from Sony to Canon, for various reasons. Knowing that this trip to Dorset was coming up, as mrs bob had confirmed she would be off to Cornwall with her sisters, 2 weeks ago I traded in my Sony a500 camera and Sigma 50-500mm lens for...

Two Marsh Harriers have been reported at Lodmoor recently. The breeding male is still around and on 16-Dec I saw this one hunting over the back reeds and the moor. At long range the large shoulder-patches make it look like the female that bred at Lodmoor 2010-11 and at Radipole in 2009. Closer-to...

This Avocet was defending three chicks, the Harrier was soon on its way!

Adullt male marsh harrier displaying in front of first hide photo was taken sunday 27 3 2011

Photo taken by Rachael Theaker on Saturday 12th February. This barn owl was happy hunting until it bumped into this harrier!

More marsh harriers attack the rough leg photo was taken from singleton hide 24.10.10

Taken from bittern hide

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