• Monthly Sightings Summary - December 2022
    With the end of the year approaching there were plenty of interesting birds turning up on the reserve. A cold snap saw overnight temperatures falling to -8 degrees and staying below freezing for about...
  • Monthly Sightings Summary - November 2022
    This didn't feel like a typical November when you'd expect Autumn to be in it's last throws. The very mild weather encouraged birds to continue to be on the move and it felt more like October for the...
  • Monthly Sightings Summary - October 2022
    October is one of the most exciting months in the birding calendar as the departure of summer migrants and winter visitors both take place at similar times. It can be possible to have a Swallow hawking...
  • Monthly Sightings Summary - September 2022
    With the days starting to get shorter the birds start to get moving to their wintering grounds. At Fen Drayton Lakes this means chance of some unusual waders and visible migration overhead in the form...
  • Monthly Sightings Summary - July 2022
    The breeding season reached a peak in July with all of the gull and some of the tern chicks fledging from Ferry. Unfortunately on Moore the Lesser Black-backed Gulls picked off pretty much all of the...