Leighton Moss

Hi, have been there a couple of times, last time about 3 weeks ago! Love the place. Saw deer and a bittern lat time and snipe and marsh harrier time before. Plently of hides and lovely walk around and very helpful and friendly people - someone stopped me and pointed out a deadly nightshade - I had never seen one! Hope this helps!

Hi Robin,

I'll be visiting Leighton Moss for the first time this weekend - I'll let you know how I get on! 

There's some useful info on the RSPB website on events, what you're likely to see, what the RSPB is doing there to help wildlife, facilities, etc: http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/leightonmoss/index.asp

L.

Went to Leighton yesterday afternoon, had a great time despite the rain!  The staff and volunteers were very helpful and I had a good chat with two regulars who had seen a bittern that morning; I missed it of course.  There was a volunteer in one of the hides, helping people to see the wildlife and identify it.

The changeable weather and late time of day didn't make for a great list of sightings, but we still saw gadwall, shoveller, curlew, redshank, greenshank, little egret, buzzard, grey heron, coot, moorhen...  And a few others I forget...  The air over the water was full of sand and house martins, with a few swallows joining in for good measure.  My friend finally joined the RSPB (he's been meaning to for ages); he got a free bird book so we used that to identify a few species we weren't sure about. 

The treat of the day was a lovely view of two little grebe, diving and preening right in front of the Lower Hide.  Gorgeous little things.  Non-avian sightings included a stoat (always a surprise!), two roe deer, and a speckled wood butterfly (I think).

Overall a really nice day out.  I'll be going back.  See you there next time!

L