Your recent sightings at Langford Lowfields
Your recent sightings
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September Wetland Bird Survey
Slightly delayed, due to me being on holiday, but here are the much anticipated (!?) results from September's Wetland Bird Survey. 27 species were recorded, with a garganey being the standout bird. We also set a new WeBS record for the number of...
Posted 27 Sep 2021 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
August WeBS count
Summer is over, Autumn is here and so we're getting a good range of migrating, long-legged, mud-loving, wading birds dropping into the reserve. So far we've had black-tailed godwit (lots!), dunlin, ringed plover, green sandpiper, golden plover,...
Posted 02 Sep 2021 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
Bittern breeding boom at Langford Lowfields
The bitterns have done it again with another successful nest at Langford Lowfields. They first bred here in 2019 showing that our newly created reedbeds are just what they are looking for. Last year was a bit of a mystery as the reserve was closed...
Posted 31 Aug 2021 by Roger Golds -
July 2021 WeBS count
In what is probably the fastest ever turn around in Langford WeBS history, here we have the results from the count last Sunday. As we enter the summer doldrums, butterflies and dragonflies start muscling birds out the way to take centre stage, but...
Posted 28 Jul 2021 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
Pay by Phone - new car park charging system
As a bit of advance warning, at some point in July we’ll be starting to use the PaybyPhone system in our car park. We currently rely on a payment post, which has worked well, but the fact it keeps getting broken into, means that using the phone...
Posted 09 Jul 2021 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
Here comes the sun......
Hoorah! It’s now officially summer, although the weather doesn’t always feel like it. Monday, 21 June was the summer solstice and that’s when the days are longest and the nights shortest. At the solstice we had 16 hours 55 mins of daylight at...
Posted 06 Jul 2021 by Roger Golds
