Your recent sightings at Langford Lowfields
Your recent sightings
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May Wetland Bird Survey results
Here we go... very cold off the press!? ... The belated May WeBS count. With 3 black-winged stilts and 3 bittern record, it was a count to remember, one that will go down in the annals of Langford WeBS history. A smattering of other waders also...
Posted 07 Jun 2022 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
Car park access difficult to impossible 20th-24th May
On-going, essential work on the pylon next to our car park, unfortunately means that access is currently unpredictable and can't be guaranteed. The powerlines are being replaced, with the old ones needing to be dropped to the ground. In recent day...
Posted 20 May 2022 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
April's WeBS count
Regular blog readers will have just recovered from the excitement of reading the March WeBS summary only to be overwhelmed with this April one. We seem to have an exotic menagerie forming with the Egyptian geese being joined by a couple of Cape...
Posted 26 Apr 2022 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
March WeBS count
Only a month overdue!!?? Here's the WeBS count from March: P1 P2 P3 Total Great crested grebe 5 12 10 27 Coot 18 25 51 94 Tufted duck 31 179 134 344 Teal 4 4 40 48 Mallard 7 15 6 28 Canada goose 17 15 11 43 Greylag goose 34 22 4 60 Water rail 2 2...
Posted 15 Apr 2022 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
February WeBS count
The WeBS count for February was postponed by a week, due to various storms and the fact the reserve almost flooded again. The river was literally starting to poke its soggy fingers over the top of the floodbank, sneaking through the grass. Another...
Posted 02 Mar 2022 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
Langford on the first day of spring
The weather forecasters will tell us that it's the 1st of March and that it is the first day of spring. Hoorah! So what's happening at Langford Lowfields. We are on the lookout for summer migrants coming in and we have heard our first chiffchaff...
Posted 01 Mar 2022 by Roger Golds
