Late Spring Bird ID
Explore this beautiful reserve and learn to observe and identify the great variety of bird life around in late Spring.
Explore this beautiful reserve and learn to observe and identify the great variety of bird life around in late Spring.
Now we are into May, we enter late spring at the lakes. The spring birds have arrived and the reserve is full of bird song from nightingales to swifts screaming overhead. Added to the birds…
Spring has sprung which means one thing; hedgehogs will be emerging from their sleepy slumbers and will be on the lookout for food!
Morning on The Marshes. A Bacon Roll followed by a guided walk on the Reserve.
The Migrant hawker is not a particularly aggressive species, and may be seen feeding in large groups. It flies late into autumn and can be seen in gardens, grasslands and woodlands.
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…
Things are starting to stir on the reserve and the wildlife is beginning to think about breeding- wherever you look you can see signs of courtship, mating and nest-building.
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…