Here at Lackford, winter still has a grip on the reserve but the first signs of spring are beginning to show through. Our ducks and grebes are displaying wherever there is water, and the bushes…

During the winter months at Lackford Lakes nature reserve, visitors will see thousands of ducks on the lakes. They arrive during the autumn from northern Europe to spend the winter. At this time…

During the winter months at Lackford Lakes nature reserve, visitors will see thousands of ducks on the lakes. They arrive during the autumn from northern Europe to spend the winter. At this time…

Today is the last day of January and the month ends on a very wintery note at the lakes. We have seen 83 bird species in the month / year so far including some nice birds like brambling, lesser…

The change in the weather these past few days has meant a busier time for our smaller birds around the reserve as they spend more time look for food. This also means a busier time at our feeders…

The following is running commentary taken from various wildlife guides scattered around the Kingfisher trail on Sunday 13th January 2019 during our Bedtime at Lackford event.

We are only three days into the New Year and we have recorded 70 species of birds on the reserve. There are plenty of ducks and small birds around reserve at the moment.

We are now into the last few days of Autumn and things are starting to look a lot like winter for us at Lackford with lots of ducks, lapwing, snipe, gulls roosting and starlings roosting

Todays is the last day of October and the reserve was full of activity from our birds, to the odd butterfly, plenty of common darters and the otter even made an appearance too down at Steggall…

Early October is all about the first birds arriving back on the lakes to spend the winter including large number of ducks. At the same time we still have good numbers of dragonflies and…