Here is our sightings from February 2023 at Lackford Lakes.

This post will be updated with sightings as we go through the month so keep checking back here to find up to date information…

Find out what's been happening across our coastal nature reserves with Warden Dan Doughty's blog.

This week the Reserve Wardens spotted some early signs of spring and historic landmarks at Rendlesham Forest, we had a new addition to our British white cattle and rotational coppicing commenced…

This week saw heavy snowfall across many of our reserves, creating some stunning scenery and extra tasks for the wardens and volunteers clearing snow drifts and fallen trees. The wardens also…

This week our Reserve Wardens admired an amazing ancient crab apple tree, spotted a great white egret and scarlet elf cup fungi. We also said goodbye to the snow, and reserve management work…

This week the Reserve Wardens have been busy hedge laying and reed cutting, creating new wetland scrapes, and admiring fabulous fungi and badger footprints.

This week, we’ve seen high tides at our north east coastal reserves, we’ve been coppicing at Bradfield Woods to allow light into the woodland floor and seen some wonderful cloud formations.

This week, our reserve teams have been repairing gates and fences, seeing the first signs of spring, breathing fresh life into overgrown ponds and checking their trail cams...

This week our reserve teams saw a raft of coots, a glossy ibis, a bobbing jack snipe; also the strong winds toppled a tree and our volunteers maintained essential heather bee habitat.