Your recent sightings at Fen Drayton Lakes
Your recent sightings
-
2022 Bird, Butterfly and Damsel/Dragonfly List
Here is our reserve bird list for the year (2022). Resident species that may be seen year-round are marked with “(r)”. Canada goose (r) Barnacle goose (28/04; presumed feral bird) greylag goose (r) pink-footed goose white-fronted goose (01/01) mu...
Posted 20 Jan 2022 by Simon Freedman -
2021 Bird List (also including butterflies and dragon/damselflies)
Here is our reserve bird list for the year (2021). We will try to routinely update the list and hopefully match last year's count of 169 species. Dates are when first seen/reported (unless 01/01-04/01 when initial list put up). Canada goose...
Posted 05 Jan 2021 by Simon Freedman -
2020 Bird List
Here is our reserve bird list for the year (2020). We will try to routinely update the list and hopefully match last year's count of 133 species. Dates are when first seen/reported (unless 01/01-10/01 when initial list put up). Edit 04/01/21: And...
Posted 23 Mar 2020 by Simon Freedman -
An hour at the Welcome Shelter 15/11/18
There has been a small starling murmuration on the reserve recently. The birds made an impressive spectacle over the reserve car park last weekend. Assistant Warden Simon therefore spent a couple of hours at the Welcome Shelter yesterday afternoon...
Posted 16 Nov 2018 by David White -
High water everywhere
Over the Christmas and New Year period we experienced a moderate flood on the reserve. The reserve acts as a flood reservoir, protecting local villages from the sheer volume of water which enters the great Ouse. The flooding caused some sections o...
Posted 15 Jan 2018 by Luke W -
A new view
We have been beavering away on the reserve recently and have opened up a new viewpoint. The new viewpoint can be found on the North West of Elney Lake and adds an extra element of interest to one of our most wooded trails. We felled the lake side...
Posted 07 Dec 2017 by Luke W