Your recent sightings at Fen Drayton Lakes
Your recent sightings
-
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 (unless 01/01-10/01 when initial list put up). Canada goose greylag goose...
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 -
Improvements for people and wildlife
Habitat management We have recently been removing trees from the shores of the grassland on Ferry lagoon. This work is part of the ongoing improvements being made for breeding waders and wintering wildfowl. Waders, such as lapwing and redshank...
Posted 31 Oct 2017 by Luke W -
Wigeon are coming
Now that summer is over the lakes are starting to take on a different feel. Leaves are starting to turn a beautiful blend of colours, hedgerows are bursting with berries and it is getting wetter underfoot. The birds which use the reserve are also...
Posted 14 Sep 2017 by Luke W
