SWT Lackford Lakes

Lackford Lakes by Mark Gosbee

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Spring still continues...

With most of the spring migration now arrived at Lackford Lakes, we will now look at the various number of insects that are now beginning to emerge on the reserve. The much-needed food source that…

garden warbler

The warblers of Lackford

In today’s blog we are going to look at the variety of warblers you can now see and hear not just at Lackford, but in your own local green spaces too.

hawthorn in flower

Spring at Lackford

In these strange times when we are stuck at home, wildlife continues as normal. Spring is very active time for much of our wildlife and it is a time of much change with birds arriving back from…

chiffchaff

Three cheers for the chiffchaff!

This week it has really felt like spring with the first singing chiffchaffs today- at least two- one near the Visitor Centre and another near Bernard’s Hide. It's on warmer, sunnier days when…

lots of pochard, tufted duck and coots

A hint of spring at Lackford

February is the month when there is a hint of spring around the reserve with our ducks displaying on our lakes and some of our resident birds beginning to sing.

lapwing on slough at Lackford

Birds of Lackford at the beginning of 2020

We have now seen 64 different species of birds on the reserve in 2020 including bullfinch, snipe, siskin, lapwing, goldeneye and good numbers of starlings roosting at the end of a winter’s day.…

Lackford Lakes

Starling update

As promised in my last blog update, I will update you on the starling situation on the reserve.

goldeneye

A wintery wildlife atmosphere

There have been quite a few frosts in the last few weeks indicating that we have now moved into winter at the lakes. The ducks on the lakes, the small birds feeding constantly by our trails and…

Slough early November

Late autumn at the lakes

We are now into November at the lakes and many of our ducks are now arriving or will be arriving in the next few weeks to spend the winter here. The trees are changing colour and are dropping…