Your recent sightings at Langford Lowfields
Your recent sightings
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Birds, bats and butterflies
It always gets a bit quieter at this time of year in terms of bird life on the reserve. With the breeding season pretty much finished, those that survived are recovering, resting and moulting, the parents exhausted and the youngsters lurking in th...
Posted 02 Aug 2018 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
Wetland Bird Survey results - July
I'm being nice and punctual this month with the Wetland Bird Survey results: Little egret 16 Mediterranean gull 1 Grey heron 12 Cormorant 6 Herring gull 1 Yellow legged gull 2 Mallard 86 Oystercatcher 2 Dunlin 1 Common tern 7 Great crested grebe 1...
Posted 25 Jul 2018 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
WeBS count for June and a white-winged black tern!
Almost a month out of date, but here are the Wetland Bird Survey counts for June. Of particular note were the high numbers of great crested grebes on site. Almost all of them floating around on the newly restored Phase 3 area. Avocets 5 Lapwing 31...
Posted 17 Jul 2018 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
Reserve update....
Life at Langford is always busy and the last few weeks have been no exception. Our annual programme of grass cutting and vegetation management is well underway, with our volunteer teams out and about every week making the reserve look it’s best....
Posted 18 Jun 2018 by Jenny Wallace -
Wild flowers
Now is the time of year to see an abundance of wild flowers at Langford Lowfields, with swathes of oxeye daisies, knapweed and birdsfoot trefoil in flower. We held a wildflower walk for our volunteer team recently and as well as a number of...
Posted 11 Jun 2018 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager) -
Glossy ibis photos
Here are a couple of excellent photos taken of the glossy ibis that spent a few days at Langford Lowfields at the end of May. Photos by Chris Harding : There have been all sorts of exciting birds at Langford recently including a purring turtle dov...
Posted 06 Jun 2018 by Joe Harris (RSPB Langford Lowfields Site Manager)
Grid Reference: SK8260 (+2km)
- Kingfisher (1)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Green Sandpiper (1)
- 11 Sep 2018
- Gadwall (14)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Shoveler (12)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Goldeneye (1)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Little Egret (2)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Sparrowhawk (1)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Stock Dove (1)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Mute Swan (9)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Canada Goose (2)
- 18 Sep 2018
