🚧Until 1 September 2024, we have a local 24/7 road closure between Eriswell and Lakenheath. For visitors travelling to us from the south (e.g. Mildenhall, BSE, Newmarket, Cambridge) you will need to continue on the A1065 past the base and use the Wangford Road to get to us. 🚧

It was great to see a bit of interaction between an adult and juvenile Kingfisher at RSPB Lakenheath Fen today

👋 Welcome to Mars. Well, not quite! For just over two decades our RSPB The Lodge team have been working with Tarmac to restore a working quarry at Sandy in Bedfordshire, making it a haven for wildlife. Recently, an exciting discovery has been made 👉 brnw.ch/Quarry

A bit distant but great to see this family of four Cranes at RSPB Lakenheath Fen yesterday. RSPB Lakenheath Fen RSPB Other highlights included Bittern, Hobby and nine Great Egrets.

Large Flowered Hemp Nettle now showing well at RSPB Lakenheath Fen, just east of Joist Fen Viewpoint. Also saw a family of four Cranes and a couple of Bittern flights from the same viewpoint.

Please note- we will be locking our roadside gate tonight (3-4 August) between 10pm and 6am, as it is our Big Wild Sleepout. Thank you 🐸 RSPB Birders RSPB Lakenheath Fen RSPB England RSPB

Another great morning at RSPB Lakenheath Fen

#WildflowerHour Large-flowered Hemp-nettle, Galeopsis speciosa, near Joist Fen at RSPB Lakenheath Fen #Suffolk today.

A few Sand Martins have just been spotted flying over Brandon Fen (15/8) hunting for insects. Great White Egret numbers are also building on the Washland too, with 14 on some days recently. RSPB Birders RSPB Lakenheath Fen RSPB England RSPB

Here is our latest blog: bit.ly/ReserveUpdate1… We hope to welcome plenty of visitors this weekend- we have Kingfishers, Great White Egrets, Hobbies, Bitterns and loads of dragonflies!

We have four birds visiting Mere Hide at the moment, plus others using Mere Hide and the river. Thanks to Les Bunyan 📷🍫🐻🦉🦅🏞🇬🇧 for sharing his lovely photos from today. RSPB Birders RSPB Lakenheath Fen RSPB England RSPB

Due to renewed conflict at Mere Hide, we will be moving to opening hours of 9am-5pm at the hide if we receive any further complaints. Our request is simple- if the hide is full, new visitors arrive, & you have been there for more than 2 hours, please give your seat up. Thank you

A brief visit from an Osprey this morning (23/8) delighted two of our volunteers. No doubt it was on it's passage migration southwards, perhaps from Scotland. Will this weekend bring any more, we wonder? Photo from 30 August 2023, by Daniel Sneath.

One of our volunteers has had it all today (25/8)- Bittern, Kingfisher and watching an otter in the reeds for an hour- all from the riverbank footpath. Plus two Common Cranes flying overhead! There's 23 Great White Egret and 17 Little Egret on the Washland now too.

Thanks for sharing Prof W. If you try to spot the elusive Garganey- this is the plumage you are looking for- it appears to be a male emerging from the 'eclipse' phase! RSPB Birders RSPB England RSPB RSPB Lakenheath Fen

As if they heard us celebrating Wicken Fen success, a flock of 10 cranes have flown over WWT Welney at 10.20am this morning 😍 Bigger, better more connected wetlands = thriving wetland species big and small 🙌 Ajay Tegala National Trust in the East WWT 📷 Kim Tarsey

Here's our latest blog: bit.ly/ReserveUpdate5… Click to have a read of what our volunteers have been up to, plus the latest wildlife sightings ahead of the weekend. We hope to see you soon on this beautiful reserve!

Some stunning spiders from the reserve- thanks Joe Myers for sharing them with us!

Although the picture definitely won’t win any rewards, it’s always nice to see a Wasp Spider RSPB Lakenheath Fen, still quite a novelty in these parts!

We currently have a juvenile Black Tern flying over the Washland. If you haven't seen one before, look for a pale greyish small tern (they're not black like the adults!) Thanks to Paul Holness for spotting it. RSPB Birders RSPB Lakenheath Fen RSPB England RSPB