by Dominic | Mar 21, 2015 | Longham Lakes
23rd March A Blackcap (first of the year) was singing and a Wheatear turned up near the causeway, giving a spring feel (Ron Poulter, Lorne Bissell). 22nd March Female Scaup still on South Lake, but the highlight was a Green Sandpiper feeding on one of the pools on...
by Dominic | May 18, 2013 | Longham Lakes
This morning (May 18th) a drake Garganey was on Longham Reservoir South, not far from the island. It’s the first of the year, and quite overdue. Garganeys are one of the site’s spring specialities. Also this morning, a Cuckoo singing, a few Sand Martins...
by Dominic | Oct 5, 2011 | Longham Lakes
4 Sand Martins at Longham Lakes today were almost the latest recorded here, but there was 1 stray on 13th October 2004. At least 100 Swallows passed south-east today in the two hours between 10.00 and 12.00, and there were a few reasonable birds around: a Bullfinch,...
