Kingfisher
Blink and you may miss the fantastic kingfisher! This beautiful bird is easy to recognise thanks to its bright blue and metallic copper colours. It darts along the riverbank or sits patiently on a…
Blink and you may miss the fantastic kingfisher! This beautiful bird is easy to recognise thanks to its bright blue and metallic copper colours. It darts along the riverbank or sits patiently on a…
Two cuckoos have been tagged at Worlingham Marshes as part of vital research into the incredible trans-Saharan migration of this endangered species, conducted by British Trust for Ornithology.
The kingfisher blue stripes of a blue-rayed limpet are a magical sight whilst rockpooling - you'll need to go on a very low tide though as their favourite home is on kelp.
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.
Catch up on this week’s reserve wardens’ blog. Autumn has arrived, with wildlife highlights including a goat scented caterpillar, fen raft spider hatchlings, a kingfisher, a smooth newt and a very…
This week’s wildlife highlights were an otter, a buzzard, a water rail, and a heron in the frost. Our wardens have been hard at work installing a sluice, making a scrape with a kingfisher bank,…
A wildlife oasis of lakes, reedbed, meadow and woodland near Bury St Edmunds. Experience nature all year-round from iridescent kingfisher and dazzling dragonflies, to colourful ducks and precious…
It has been very wet here at Lackford, this winter. Many areas of the reserve have been flooded on a regular basis including the Kingfisher (blue trail). The changes in water levels have been…
A new 381 acre nature reserve in the Broads National Park, Worlingham Marshes is complex mix of grazing marsh, wet woodland, fen, and scrub with species such as kingfisher, marsh harrier, and…
The hot dry weather continues at Lackford, but it doesn’t stop the wildlife. We are gald to report that a young pair of kingfishers have been seen around Hawker pool and showing some interest in…
Carlton II the cuckoo is on his way back from Africa to East Anglia, where he was fitted with his satellite tracking tag at Carlton Marshes in May 2018.
The summer heat wave has been briefly interrupted by some spectacular and much needed rain and lightning storms of late. However, the hot weather is set to return for the end of the week. This…