[ Home ] [ Introduction ] Visiting the Fen ] [Maps ] Events ] Wildlife ] Reserve management ] [News] [Blog]
Social History and Archaeology ]
The Wicken Fen Vision ] Education ] Research ] Volunteering ] Links ]

[ Search site ] [ Contact us ]


Wildlife

Wildlife introduction
Victorian
entomologists

Latest sightings
Species
Rare species
New species
Extinct species

Species information:
Bees
Beetles
Birds
Monthly reports
Bittern
Marsh Harrier
Migration dates
Ringing report 05Ringing report 06
Ringing report 07
Ringing report 08
Ringing report 09
Ringing report 10
Butterflies
Dragonflies
Flies
Fungi
Mammals
Molluscs
Mosses
Moths
Orthoptera
Plants
Spiders

New and Noteworthy
 See also News
Monthly bird
reports







Latest sightings - October 2009

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

1/10 Muntjak deer
Cormorant
Coal tit
Blue tit
Chaffinch
Long-tailed tit
 
  Hobby Wicken lode
  Snipe Harrisons drove
  Snipe Sedge fen
  Kingfisher
Hobby
Chiffchaff
Treecreeper
Green sandpiper
 
  Tawny owl  
2/10 Green sandpiper
Gadwall
Teal
Shoveller
Heron
Cormorant
Red-legged partridge
Green sandpiper
Snipe
Kestrel
Wogepm
Marsh harrier
Hobby
Green woodpecker
 
4/10 Hobby
Marsh harrier x 2
Sedge fen
  Blackcap  
5/10 Redwing x 3 Over Visitor Centre
6/10 Cettis warbler Sedge fen
  Kingfisher Roger Clark hide
7/10 Bearded tit Alongside Burwell lode
9/10 Golden plover x 30 Over Visitor Centre
  Hobby Verralls fen
  Snipe West Mere hide
  Long tailed tits
Dragonflies
 
11/10 Redwing x 150
Bearded tit
Cettis warbler
Sedge fen
12/10 Bearded tit x 5+ Burwell Lode
  Marsh harrier Mere
13/10 Blackcap  
15/10 Marsh harrier Verralls fen
17/10 Grass snake swimming across water near East Mere hide
  Great tit x 4
Blackbirds x 2
Robert Clark hide
18/11 Skylarks x 2 Sedge fen
  Migrant hawker x 4
Common hawker x 2
Ruddy darter
Wicken lode
  Common buzzard  
20/10 Herons Roger Clark hide
23/10 Shoveller
Teal
Gadwall
Greylags
Canada geese
Grey heron
Pied wagtail
Green sandpiper
Meadow pipit
Field fare
Snipe
Green woodpecker
Stonechat x 4
Cettis warbler (heard)
Water rail (heard)
Redwings
Kesterl
Flock of lapwing
Jay
 
  Cormorant x 27
Buzzard
Pink-footed geese
Marsh harrier female
Mallard x 38
Kestrel
Teal x 140
Fieldfare
Wigeon x 24
Stonechat (male, female and three juveniles)
Shoveller x 51
Cettis warbler x 5
Pintail (2 male, 1 female)
Siskin
Gadwall x 22
 
24/10 Fieldfare x 32
Migrant hawker
Visitor Centre
26/10 Hooper swan x 6
Harrier
Kestrel
Wigeon
Fieldfare
 
27/10 Marsh harrier female
Snipe x 6
 
  Green sandpiper  Bretts hide
28/10 Buzzard Verralls (near Drainers dyke)
29/10 Green woodpecker  
  Common darter  
31/10 Dragonflies  


© National Trust 2006/7/8/9/10
Wicken Fen, Lode Lane, Wicken, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5XP, UK
Tel/Fax: (+44) (0)1353 720274 | Email: wickenfen@nationaltrust.org.uk