Your recent sightings at Fairburn Ings
Your recent sightings
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Happy new year - Recent sightings at Fairburn Ings
Well, the start of another year’s birdwatching is well under way. You can enjoy birds as just a casual observer out for a walk and enjoying what you see or you could begin a list recording what you see either at a local reserve or area you frequen...
Posted 15 Jan 2019 by pete m -
Fairburn Ings sightings update
As we enter the quiet winter spell it’s an ideal time to develop your identification skills if you are new to birdwatching, or just enjoy a walk taking in the surroundings. The discovery trail is an excellent place to spot our smaller birds, plus...
Posted 19 Dec 2018 by pete m -
Recent sightings at Fairburn Ings
As the days get shorter and winter starts to kick in and time is spent searching through flocks of wildfowl and gulls in the hope of spotting something scarce visiting the reserve, it’s a bonus to come up with one of our scarcer visiting birds...
Posted 04 Dec 2018 by pete m -
Merlin and recent sightings at Fairburn Ings
The most notable bird around the reserve over the last fortnight turns out to be a raptor again, a female merlin making a couple of appearances in front of Lin Dike hide. The first sighting was on Sunday 28 th October where it decided to have a ba...
Posted 07 Nov 2018 by pete m -
Hen harrier excitement at Fairburn Ings
A very exciting visitor stayed for around an hour on 20 th October, a harrier appeared over new flash sporting a white rump and a ring tail, a hen harrier ! Flying with easy effortless wingbeats between gliding, the harrier moved effortlessly acro...
Posted 25 Oct 2018 by pete m -
Marsh tit and recent sightings at Fairburn Ings
Another reserve rarity turning up recently, this time a UK resident species which means we now have a full complement of the tit family at Fairburn with the arrival of a marsh tit. It is very similar to our other scarce breeder, the willow tit,...
Posted 10 Oct 2018 by pete m
Grid Reference: SE4527 (+2km)
- Great White Egret (0)
- 15 Jan 2019
- Iceland Gull (2)
- 17 Jan 2019
- Bittern (0)
- 16 Jan 2019
- Goosander (0)
- 15 Jan 2019
- Tree Sparrow (0)
- 15 Jan 2019
- Pink-footed Goose (120)
- 14 Jan 2019
- Whooper Swan (0)
- 12 Jan 2019
- Marsh Harrier (0)
- 12 Jan 2019
- Barn Owl (1)
- 10 Jan 2019
- Bearded Tit (2)
- 09 Jan 2019
