Print pageSeasonal highlights
Each season brings a different experience at our nature reserves. In spring, the air is filled with birdsong as they compete to establish territories and attract a mate. In summer, look out for young birds making their first venture into the outside world. Autumn brings large movements of migrating birds - some heading south to a warmer climate, others seeking refuge in the UK from the cold Arctic winter. In winter, look out for large flocks of birds gathering to feed, or flying at dusk to form large roosts to keep warm.
Spring
Sights and sounds of displaying waders, ducks, male greylag geese on guard, the distinctive call of a water rail, hunting raptors.
Summer
Hunting raptors, breeding ducks and waders, great yellow bumblebees.
Autumn
Hunting raptors, migrants waders, wildfowl.
Winter
Flocks of geese gather on the reserve and surrounding farmland, wildfowl and waders, hunting raptors, or a glimpse of a water rail in the reedbed.