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Why not come along to the reserve on Sunday, where there will be lots of binoculars and scopes for you to trial. Optical experts will be on hand to offer advice on what might suit you best.

Famous brands such as Swarovski, Leica, Zeiss, Viking, RSPB and many more will be available for you to take along to the hides and try. There will be some good deals available on scopes, binoculars and digi-scoping kits.

I was working in the visitor centre yesterday enjoying the aerobatic spectacle of our newly fledged swallows in breezy conditions when a visitor asked "Do you think they know what's in store for them?". He was referring to the epic journey to southern Africa that these month-old birds would have to make in just a few weeks. We joked that perhaps their parents were waiting for the right moment to tell them. Bearing in mind they…

Hello,

it has been a gloriously sunny day today at RSPB Frampton Marsh, with similar weather set to continue for the next few days. Why not drop in to the visitor centre for a drink and a chat this weekend, and I will point you in the direction of some of the fantastic wildlife the reserve has to offer!

Unfortunately, the spotted crake that has been attracting crowds over the last week has refused to show itself today…

I’ve just got back from a brilliant day in the visitor centre. It was our family fun day today and everyone had a great time. We did face painting (I was pretty disappointed that I didn’t have time to get mine done! Next time!), made bird feeders out of apples and did lots of colouring craft activities!

There was lots to see out of the telescopes and we even had a damselfly fly in to the visitor centre…

This is what you can see today

Well it’s been a very interesting weekend at Frampton Marsh! Yesterday I arrived to be greeted by some escapee cows. Apparently they had gone for a lovely walk around the reserve and thought it was about time they checked out the birds from the 360 hide! Luckily they didn’t get in and we managed to round them up ready for the grazier to bring them back to the saltmarsh. We have very friendly cows on the reserve…

It’s turned into a lovely afternoon here and there’s lots of birds to see out on the reserve. Our pectoral sandpiper has stuck around since Monday and everyone’s getting great views. In Simon’s absence I’m afraid I better do the sightings blog today!

Here goes:

1 pectoral sandpiper
1 spoonbill
1 wood sandpiper
2 kingfisher
7 green sandpiper
13 snipe
Common sandpipers
Greenshank
20 Ruf…

It’s been great on the reserve this week with lots of birds to see including one to add to my life list! The pectoral sandpiper arrived on Monday morning to everyone’s excitement and it’s still here today! Pectoral sandpipers are scarce passage migrants from America and Siberia and can be identified from their brown breastband and white belly (check out the drawing by Mike Langman, rspb-images.com).…

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we have had another great day today at RSPB Frampton Marsh. Visitors have enjoyed the weather and great views of our little owl family. There have been lots of other wildlife on offer, including:

Spoonbill 1

Green sandpiper 2

Common sandpiper 1

Ruff 5

Hobby 1

Marsh harrier 2

A singing quail

2 watervoles

and hundreds of tiny toadlets.

Graham, the warden has spent the day working hard at RSPB Freiston Shore…

Our new Wildlife Explorer backpacks are up and raring to go! All we need now is for you to come and test them out. Bug hunts, binoculars and loads of fun family activities are included in the packs and you can take them out for as long as you like during the day.

They look so cool that I think I’m going to go try one out soon! The photo above is of a Sawyer longhorn beetle by Andy Hay (rspb-images.com), beetles…

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It has been a very warm and muggy day today at RSPB Frampton Marsh. We have had a good number of visitors enjoying the weather and the wildlife, which included:

Greenshank 2

Green sandpiper 3

Little gull 1

Marsh harrier 2.

Also, there is an American wigeon that has been showing well all day on the reservior at RSPB Freiston Shore. It is an eclipsed drake, that has been spending time with a female Eurasian…

I thought I’d write a quick blog because just a little while ago I was driving out of the office and I saw a turtle dove! This elusive pair have been avoiding me, teasing me with their calls then flying off or hiding away.

I was driving out and there they were; turtle doves are our daintiest doves and they were so beautiful. They seemed totally uninterested in my presence so when I got back I thought I’d go…

Hello, It has been raining ruff this afternoon here at RSPB Frampton Marsh. We started the day with 3 quite large males, all still showing some of their ruffs, but after a couple of heavy rain showers, we were up to 12. One of them was the size of a chicken! (Well, not actually that big, but it was quite large for a ruff!).

Other intersting sightings have included:

Teal 17

Green sandpiper 5

Pink-footed goose 2

Little…

So, what’s been going on at the reserve I hear you say! Well, I can’t wait to find out! I’ve been at a course in Milton Keynes for the last few days and it’s so good to be back. I drove back yesterday and as I parked outside the office and stepped out of the car I was so happy to be back in the countryside. It must have been raining earlier in the day so it had that fresh green smell going on. The sound of the wind…

This is what you can see today

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There has been a quail calling on the reserve today. These little game birds, closely related to pheasants and partridges, winter in Africa and usually migrate north into Europe to breed. Some 'overshoot' and end up in the UK.

When the males arrive they usually begin calling in an attempt to attract a mate. Their call is a far carrying whistle, with three notes, rapidly repeated between three and eight…

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as regular readers will know, I usually do a little weather and sightings update on a Friday afternoon. Tomorrow (Friday) I will be visiting RSPB Titchwell Marsh on the North-Norfolk coast, so I will not have the opportunity to let you know what birds have been seen at Frampton.

As I know that  you are keen to know what could be seen on your weekend trip to the Lincolnshire Wash, I thought it best that I do a…

Hi everyone!

So today started off well, it was windy and I was bringing my laptop into work (being an old thing it’s pretty heavy) so I decided to set off early. I was ready for 8.00, half an hour before I normally set off! I went out and got my bike, but before I even left the garden I got a massive thorn stuck in my tyre. I considered just leaving it in and hoping for the best but decided eventually to pull the…

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It has been a bit of a rough day weather-wise today at RSPB Frampton Marsh. Some visitors have braved the windy conditions and joined us for a day out. The rain has managed to stay away for most of the day, apart from a sharp down pour around 2ish.

Today's sightings highlights have included:

Pink-footed goose 2

Goldeneye 1

Little egret 19

Peregrine 1

Buzzard 1

Marsh harrier 3

Wood sandpiper 1

Green…

HI everyone!

We're coming to the end of another lovely week on the reserve. There’s been lots to see and we’ve had some really gorgeous weather!

I’m quite excited today because there’s a 100% chance of cake eating later! It’s Tony’s (one of our amazing volunteers) birthday soon and I decided I’d make him a birthday cake (any excuse).

So, after getting John (our sites…

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Another Monday morning has somehow arrived, I can’t believe I’ve been here at Frampton Marsh for over 2 months already! Last week I was on a training course for a couple of days which was great as I got to see the other two Visitor Services Trainees and have a catch up (and learn lots of course).

I learnt lots of skills including how to hoot like an owl from Alison (VST, yes I’m super cool…

Good morning!

It feels more like mid-afternoon to me at the minute; it’s 11.15 and I’ve been up 7 hours (is that right? That can’t be right...). Yesterday, in my wisdom, I decided that helping John, our sites manager, complete the volunteer and farmer alliance surveys was a good idea. “Yeh it would be great if you could pick me up (saves me cycling) and yeh 5am should be fine!” Needless to say that this didn’t sound…

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It has been a very warm but windy day today at RSPB Frampton Marsh. Our Kestrel chicks on the TV inside the VC  are growing rapidly day by day, and swallows have begun building nests under the eaves on the outside.

Sighting highlights have included:

Spoonbill 2

Ruddy duck 1 drake

Marsh harrier 1 male

Black-tailed godwits 31 most in stunning summer plumage

Avocet 10

Shelduck 24

If you are looking for something…

No really, who did let the cows out? Tony our volunteer found a bunch (excuse the technical language here) first thing this morning heading up the road from the reserve towards the pub. First thing for Tony does actually mean first thing in the morning as he lives his life in Eastern European Time Zone +4hrs for some reason (perhaps he's actually Turkish and not from Wyberton at all), which means it's bed time at 7pm and…

This is what you can see today