• News from this week- Friday 2 April 2021
    Hello to all and welcome to our latest blog. The past few days have been packed with sightings, including our first willow warblers (31 March) and plenty of chiffchaffs adding spice to the dawn chorus...
  • The changing of the guard has begun... 26 February 2023
    Hello and welcome to the latest blog. We are certainly noticing the longer evenings and the extra heat in the sun (when it isn't windy or cloudy!) and so is the wildlife. On 15 February we recorded our...
  • Dazzling Dragonflies and Beautiful Butterflies - 15 July 2021
    Hello and welcome to the latest blog. We are now well into the throes of summer and this is reflected in the insects you can see on the reserve at the moment- the most common butterflies are meadow browns...
  • The otter spotter
    First thing this morning, Lakenheath saw the quickest emptying of an office in the history of office-emptying. Faster than the rush to the bar when the call of 'last orders' is heard, it wasn't the...
  • Redwings, whoopers and barn owls - the latest from Lakenheath Fen (20 October 2021).
    Wildlife sightings from the past week Hello and welcome to the latest blog- last time I was writing one of these, we were somewhere between the seasons- we still had hobbies here and plenty of dragonflies...