• Easter Spring Spotter Sheet
    Below (at the bottom of this blog) is a downloadable (and printable) PDF file for our spring-themed Easter spotter sheet which we encourage families to bring with them for a walk around Brandon Fen this...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • A week full of spring migrants - 11 April 2021
    Hello, and welcome to this weeks' blog. The migrant birds have continued to roll in, and I was greeted by two singing whitethroats when I arrived this morning. One was reported yesterday, along with a...