Your recent sightings at Leighton Moss
Your recent sightings
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Latest Sightings & Half Term Fun!
With half term upon us here in Lancashire, we've got lots on for nature-loving families to enjoy while visiting the reserve! As if the sheer sound of booming bitterns , soaring marsh harriers , emerging dragonflies, blooming wildflowers and...
Posted 28 May 2022 by Jon C -
Bitterns, ospreys and otters, oh my!
It's been a wonderful couple of weeks for those visiting the reserve in the hope of seeing bitterns ! Now that their eggs will have hatched, the females are making regular feeding fights - leaving the nests to go and stock up on fish with which to...
Posted 21 May 2022 by Jon C -
Swifts, Spoonbills & Other Signs Of Spring
Despite the drizzle of recent days, it's been a bumper fortnight of sightings at Leighton Moss. The dense cloud cover has meant that large numbers of hirundines are feeding lower in the skies; sand martins and swallows are regularly skimming the...
Posted 06 May 2022 by Leighton -
Ring-necked duck & other recent sightings
The reedbed is bubbling with life at Leighton Moss; the arrival of sedge and reed warbler are filling the reserve with their chattering singing. These two warblers can be a little tricky to distinguish, but the reed warbler is more reliably rhythm...
Posted 20 Apr 2022 by Leighton -
Nature To Your Home & Spring Sightings
After teasing us with a taste of spring last month, the chillier climes of the past week have seemingly stunted migration slightly. However, there is still plenty to see on the reserve! Chiffchaff and blackcap , the earliest of the warbler arrival...
Posted 12 Apr 2022 by Leighton -
Runners, raptors & other recent sightings
Despite the occasional sleet showers and sudden frosts, spring has certainly arrived at Leighton Moss over the past few weeks. Lesser celandines are fringing the paths around the reserve, blackcap song has joined the beginnings of the summer...
Posted 02 Apr 2022 by Leighton
