Your recent sightings at Leighton Moss
Your recent sightings
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The flight of the bittern
There is no doubting the star attraction onsite at the minute, with many visitors enjoying their first views of bittern . Our dutiful female is still making consistent and sometimes long flights, to go in search of food for the young. At this stag...
Posted 21 May 2019 by Jon C -
Boom time for bitterns and other recent sightings
It’s been another great week for avid bittern watchers here on the reserve. The female that is nesting in the Lower Hide area has extended her feeding flights and has been making notable excursions on her food-gathering forays. This means that not...
Posted 18 May 2019 by Jon C -
The Cusp of Summer
Things are certainly getting exciting here at Leighton Moss with spring in full swing and hints of summer on the horizon. Our Visitor Operations Manager, birder and ringer Kevin Kelly sums up the past week or so: "With migration in full swing...
Posted 11 May 2019 by Jon C -
New arrivals and new starts
It’s been a rather lively week here at Leighton Moss with yet more summer migrants arriving and a very special discovery near Lower Hide! Just to keep you in suspense, we’ll look at the new arrivals first. Joining the swallows , sand and house...
Posted 03 May 2019 by Jon C -
Unusual sightings & otters in print!
It's been another sunny, if a little chilly, week here at Leighton Moss. The expected arrival of summer migrants continues apace with our first reed warblers being heard early in the week and there has been a notable influx of willow warblers ; ma...
Posted 12 Apr 2019 by Jon C -
More Signs of Spring & Recent Sightings
What a difference a few days make! Despite the rather cool conditions, there has been a notable arrival of migrants around the reserve in the past week. Amongst the many sand martins frequently feeding over the meres, a few swallows and house...
Posted 06 Apr 2019 by Jon C
Grid Reference: SD4775 (+2km)
- Avocet (30)
- 21 May 2019
- Wood Warbler (1)
- 21 May 2019
- Pink-footed Goose (0)
- 18 May 2019
- Cetti's Warbler (1)
- 18 May 2019
- Spotted Redshank (4)
- 18 May 2019
- Bar-tailed Godwit (4)
- 17 May 2019
- Little Gull (0)
- 14 May 2019
- Black Tern (3)
- 14 May 2019
- Woodcock (2)
- 13 May 2019
- Tawny Owl (2)
- 13 May 2019
