• Some winter visitors have arrived...and a yellow browed warbler
    When you live in the UK, autumn weather can sometimes mean lovely crisp, cold mornings when the sun bounces off the frost and makes you glad you got up early. However, if can also mean grey, drizzly days...
  • Starlings, siskins and other recent sightings....
    We may be in the depths of winter but a walk around Leighton Moss is a reminder that January isn’t always bleak! Scarlet elf cup are beginning to bejewel the damp floors of the reserve, while skeins of...
  • Icy Outings & Recent Sightings
    If you weren’t yet feeling festive then we are sure the frosts of the past week will be getting you into the merry mood! As December arrived, the temperature plummeted – here in Silverdale we are reaching...
  • Marvellous marsh harriers and other recent sightings
    Hello everyone, it’s been another great week of sightings for our regular wildlife and seasonal specialities here at Leighton Moss. The marsh harriers continue to delight and they can be seen from all...
  • Icy otters and other recent sightings
    Boardwalk by Steven Williams Water rail by Paul Williams With parts of the country under a blanket of snow the winter temperatures have dropped to freezing and most of the pools, with the...