Your recent sightings at Leighton Moss
Your recent sightings
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More Hints of Spring & Recent Sightings
After the promising and much-heralded blip back in February which lulled us into believing that spring was well under way, things have returned defiantly to winter once more! Of course, it may be colder, windier and wetter than it was a couple of...
Posted 12 Mar 2019 by Jon C -
Spring arrivals and fond farewells
Hello readers, Leighton Moss has certainly been sun-kissed in recent days and there is a definite feeling of spring in the air. Our resident woodland birds such as song thrushes , great tits , nuthatches and marsh tits have been in full song, you...
Posted 27 Feb 2019 by Naomi W -
Avocets return and other recent sightings
With a not-so subtle change in the weather in recent days, it certainly is starting to feel like spring here at Leighton Moss. Many of the resident woodland birds such as song thrushes , blackbirds , nuthatches and marsh tits are in fine voice and...
Posted 22 Feb 2019 by Jon C -
Kites, harriers and bitterns
Hello readers, we've had a busy week here at Leighton Moss with lots of fantastic wildlife sightings to delight visitors old and young. I'll start this blog off with the key wildlife highlight this week - a red kite sighting. The red kite was se...
Posted 06 Feb 2019 by Naomi W -
New arrivals and recent sightings
With the wonderful news of the arrival of three otter cubs here at Leighton Moss, this blog takes a closer look at this charismatic species. Brrrr, we're in the grips of a cold snap here at the Moss so a lot of our pools have been fully or...
Posted 30 Jan 2019 by Naomi W -
Ice, Fire and Recent Sightings
This coming weekend (January 26-28) will see up to half a million people taking part in one of the world's biggest 'citizen science' initiatives: the Big Garden Birdwatch. 2019 marks the 40th year since this nationwide bird-count was launched and...
Posted 24 Jan 2019 by Jon C
Grid Reference: SD4775 (+2km)
- Great White Egret (1)
- 28 Feb 2019
- Cetti's Warbler (0)
- 19 Mar 2019
- Pink-footed Goose (500)
- 18 Mar 2019
- Red-breasted Merganser (2)
- 18 Mar 2019
- Water Rail (1)
- 18 Mar 2019
- Avocet (6)
- 18 Mar 2019
- Little Gull (0)
- 16 Mar 2019
- Tawny Owl (1)
- 15 Mar 2019
- Kingfisher (1)
- 13 Mar 2019
- Goosander (1)
- 09 Mar 2019
