• The first cuckoo!
    Yesterday a cuckoo was calling, heard from the visitor car park This is the first date for one on the reserve this year, although there was a bird calling near the southern boundary on Saturday. There...
  • Have you heard a squeaky wheelbarrow?
    There aren’t many British birds that like non-native conifers. To be honest, I don’t like them much either, yet this is one British bird that you might see or hear using a Leylandii hedge, or in the canopy...
  • Latest may sightings
    Although I am very lucky that I regularly hear and sometimes even see cuckoo's from my garden in Little Paxton, this morning I saw my first one at The Lodge this spring! It called from behind the extension...
  • Are you cross yet?
    Sorry for the absence of recent updates. Normal service will now be resumed... The good news is that it's currently a great time to see crossbills at The Lodge! For some reason (perhaps a dry diet...
  • The first cuckoo is here...spring must be sprung!
    Spring has sprung!- the first cuckoo has been heard at The Lodge this afternoon, calling just off the reserve, heard from the quarry trail! Male cuckoo, Ben Andrew ( rspb-images.com )