• 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...
  • Starling News & Other Recent Sightings
    At this time of year (well, from October onward to be honest!) we get asked a lot about starling murmurations. When will they be here? What time do they arrive? Where's the best place to see them? ...
  • Otterly brilliant beardies
    Yesterday there were some large flocks of fieldfares and redwings - over 40 fieldfares over the car park, and later, a mixed group of about 100. A first year gannet was also seen flying inland from the...
  • Bitterns on show & other recent sightings
    The prolonged dry and warm spell is certainly proving popular with visitors to Leighton Moss and many people are getting great views of some of our seasonal specialities. The female bittern has been...
  • Secretive bitterns and other recent sightings
    If you go down to the reeds today you are sure for an interesting sight. The chill of evening and a cobalt blue sky melts away the warmth of what has proven to be a fabulous first day of this month...