by Dominic | Jan 27, 2022 | Longham Lakes
14th December Things have sunk today to 2 Mute Swans on Hampreston Fields and 2 Great Egrets on the lakes (via Lorne Bissell.) Mind you, once upon a time in the recent past the egrets would have been a rarity. Amazing how things have changed. 13th December Best bird...
by Dominic | Jun 22, 2020 | Longham Lakes, News
30th July A relatively good ringing session, with 17 new birds and 1 re-trap. 10 of the new ones were Reed Warblers (1 adult, 9 juveniles) and the others were singles of Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Robin, Wren, Blackbird and Song Thrush. All were...
by Dominic | Mar 23, 2020 | Longham Lakes, News
27th May This morning I had my first visit to check the 11 Longham boxes. As I hadn’t been there since early March the vegetation, especially nettles and brambles, has grown up considerably and it took a lot of time and effort to fight my way through to most of the...
by Dominic | Mar 14, 2020 | Longham Lakes
23rd March Longham Lakes is temporarily closed. 22nd March A Red Kite flew from the general direction of Longham Lakes at only a little above treetop height close to the White Hart pub, it continued south over Dudsbury golf course. The lakes were disappointing in a...
by Dominic | Jan 6, 2020 | Longham Lakes, News
15th February Out on the lakes were 200 Black-headed Gulls, 4 Mediterranean Gulls, 3 Common Gulls, 50 Herring Gulls, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls. One of these latter gulls pinched an Eel away from a Cormorant, then was harassed by...
by Dominic | Sep 17, 2019 | Longham Lakes, News
One of the highlights of an excellent autumn at Longham Lakes. 31st December I had a short ringing session at Longham this morning from 6am (putting up nets) to 8.45am [that’s beyond the call of duty, Roger!] Aiming for Redwings but only caught one, plus a new...
