Your recent sightings at Ouse Fen
Your recent sightings
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It's boom time!
Good afternoon. I am very pleased to announce that bitterns are now starting to boom on the reserve! The reserve team were out surveying yesterday morning and they head at least five, probably six males booming in the reedbed. They started their...
Posted 16 Mar 2018 by David White -
RSPB Ouse Fen sightings June
Bittern – Males stopped booming a fortnight ago but feeding flights are still ongoing. Patience may be rewarded with a view of a bird flying in to the margins of the open water on Cuckoo Fen, or taking off from said margins having caught fish. ...
Posted 26 Jun 2017 by David White -
RSPB Ouse Fen May sightings
Bittern – Multiple territorial males still booming from Cuckoo Fen. Dawn and dusk are the best time to hear these birds although with patience they can be seen throughout the day, making short hop flights around Cuckoo Fen and the perimeter canal...
Posted 17 May 2017 by David White -
RSPB Ouse Fen April sightings
Good afternoon. Here are some recent sightings from the reserve: Bittern – Multiple territorial males booming from Cuckoo Fen and one from Cuckoo Fen North. Dawn and dusk are the best time to hear and see these birds although if they get mouths t...
Posted 05 Apr 2017 by David White -
A trip around Ouse Fen 26/3/17
Good afternoon. I had a rare Sunday off yesterday and as it was such a lovely day, I decided to come over to the reserve for a walk armed with my camera. I will share some of my photos below and then say a bit about what I saw: Settling lagoon wit...
Posted 27 Mar 2017 by David White -
Marsh harrier success at Ouse Fen
It has been a successful year for marsh harriers at Ouse Fen. Six nests were recorded and, so far, eight fledglings have been spotted! There are now nearly 400 breeding pairs in the UK, mainly in eastern and south-east England but the story hasn’t...
Posted 20 Jul 2016 by Emily
