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Latest sightings - June 2010

The following records are taken from entries in the sightings book which is located in the Visitor Centre. Reports of sightings can also be submitted by e-mail to wickenfen@nationaltrust.org.uk

Jan 12
July 11 | Aug 11 | Sep 11 | Oct 11 | Nov 11 | Dec 11
Jan 11 | Feb 11 | Mar 11 | Apr 11 | May 11 | June 11
July 10 | Aug 10 | Sep 10 | Oct 10 | Nov 10 | Dec 10
June 10 | May 10 | Apr 10 | Mar 10 | Feb 10 | Jan 10
Dec 09 | Nov 09 | Oct 09 | Sept 09 | Aug 09 | July 09
June 09 | May 09 | Apr 09 | Mar 09 | Feb 09 | Jan 09
Dec 08 | Nov 08 | Oct 08 | Sept 08 | Aug 08 | July 08
June 08 | late May 08 | early May 08 | Apr 08 | Mar 08 | Feb 08 | Jan 08
Dec 07 | Nov 07 | Oct 07 | Sept 07 | Aug 07 | July 07

Date Species Notes
2/6 Cuckoo
Reed bunting
Swift
House martins
Reed warbler
Bird of prey (?)
 
  Cuckoo
Swift
Bird of prey (?)
 
3/6 Marsh harrier male and female
Shelduck 15+
Little egret x 9
Greenshank
Bakers fen
4/6 Little egret  
  Grasshopper warbler Sedge fen near Centre
  Marsh harrier Overhead at Sedge Fen
  Reed warbler x 25
Sedge wabler
Cuckoo x 3
Cetti's warbler x 6
Hobby
Whitethroat
Garden warbler
Blackcap
Willow warbler
Chiffchaff
Long tailed tit
Great tit
Blue tit
Jay
Reed bunting
Housemartin
Swallow
Swifts
 
  Weasel on boardwalk, Sedge Fen
  Sedge warbler
Reed warbler
Reebunting
Cuckoos
Marsh harrier x 2
Hobby x 6
Kestrel
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Common lizard
Swallows
Swifts
 
  Slowworm  
  Black-tailed Skimmer
Variable damselfly
 
5/6 Drumming snipe
Turtle doves x 2
Garden warblers
Cetti's warbler
Redshank
 
  Cuckoo x 2
Hobby
Marsh harrier
Sedge warbler
Redshank
Reed bunting
Black headed gull
Lapwings
Little egrets
Cormorants
Grebe
Herons
Shelduck
Willow warbler
 
6/6 Red kite over reserve 11:45
  Cuckoos x 3
Grasshoppers singing x 2
Garden warbler
Hobby
Marsh harrier
Red eyed damselfly
 
  Cuckoo (heard)
Weasel
Muntjak
 
  Marsh harrier male and female
Reed bunting
Verralls fen
9/6 Hobbies x 2
Marsh harriers
Adventurers Fen
  Reed bunting
Cuckoo
 
11/6 Marsh harrier female
Kingfisher
Canada geese x 40+
Common tern x 3
Roe deer 2 male, 3 female
Corn bunting
Burwell fen from boat Burwell Lode
12/6 Egrets x 6
Redshank
Ringed plover
Hobby x 2
Bakers Fen
  Cettis warbler Far end Harrisons Drove
  Reed warblers
Whitethroat
Reed bunting
Spotted flycatcher
Red-eyed damselflies
Hairy dragonfly
 
  Cuckoo x 4 from Tower Hide
  Little grebe x 3 Adventurers Fen
  Hobby x 2  
  Grass snake In water at Monks Lode
  Common lizard Monks Lode
13/6 Sparrowhawk female Nature trail near Roger Clarke hide
15/6 Nuthatch (ringed)  
17/6 Wren
Hobby
Harrier hawk
Sandwich tern
Crested Grebe
Coots
Swifts
 
18/6 Avocet Bakers Fen
  Whitethroat Brickpit hide
  Bullfinch near windmill
19/6 Hobby
Marsh harrier male
Reed bunting male
Jay
 
20/6 Little grebe x 4
Great crested grebe x 2
Cormorant x 5
Little egret x 4
Heron
Mute swan x 8
Greylag goose x 18
Canada goose x 15
Mallard x 53
Shoveler x 4
Tufted duck
Water rail x 3
Moorhen
Coot x 19
Lapwing x 11
Redshank x 4
Green sandpiper
Black headed gull x 9
 
  Sparrowhawk male
Marsh harrier 2 female, one juvenile
Turtle dove x 3 males
Cuckoo x 4 males
Swift
Green woodpecker
Skylark
Swallow
House martin
Meadow pipit
Pied wagtail
Dunnock
Reed warbler
Sedge warbler
Cetti's warbler
Whitethroat
Blackcap
Willow warbler
Chiffchaff
Blackbird
Song thrush
Reed bunting
Goldfinch
Starling
Jay
Magpie
Carrion crow
Jackdaw
Adventurers Trail 9:30-12:00
23/6 Swallow x 40+
Reed warbler x 50+
Reach Lode
25/6 51 flowering plants of Marsh Pea Lathyrus palustris Close to Gardners Drove (5 sites)
26/6 Cuckoo Tower Hide
27/6 Six-spot burnet moth Dragonfly centre
29/6 Cuckoo
Moorhen
Bird of prey
 
  Marsh harrier male
Hobby
Cetti's warbler singing
 
30/6 Oystercatcher 2 adults, three young Visitor Centre towards north, 19:15
  Marsh harrier male with three young from boat
  Barn owl  


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