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  1. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    At Wicken Fen, two barn owls were seen and the typical little owls present at Priory Farm. The glossy ibis continues to frequent the flooded fields by the river and A14, and there have been reports of white-fronted and barnacle goose from Wimpole Hall
  2. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    On the 24th December 4 cranes were seen over Tubney fen flying away to Burwell Fen, and two flying in the opposite direction There were 93 whooper swans and 4 tundra swans at the roost. In addition a glossy ibis showed up near Cambridge at Chesterton Fen in the morning, my attempts to find it...
  3. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    To put the thread back on track, no further reports from Wicken Fen. Hen harriers, though, continue to roost at Wicken Fen and the whooper swan roost is still at Burwell Fen. It is being rather bleak, to say the least. The short-eared owl may still reappear but there are some currently at Great...
  4. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    Currently there are no short-eared owls overwintering at Wicken Fen. Hen harriers have been present for some time already, since November... RSPB got caught sabotaging their reintroduction in the south of England....
  5. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    The hen harriers put up a wonderful display at Wicken Fen on Saturday 19/12/2020 before they roosted at Sedge Fen. The action happened at 15:00 onwards and so was easy to observe. The set of images was taken from the Boardwalk hide which I have known for years as the best place to observe the birds.
  6. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    Noted.
  7. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    Update for 20/12/2020 This is not about Wicken Fen. I would just like to report that a cackling goose has been spotted at WWT Slimbridge. This, as far as I know, the rarest bird seen on the reserve since the red-breasted goose in 2018.
  8. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    Update for 18/12/2020 At Burwell Fen today 118 whooper swans and more than 200 golden plovers were observed today
  9. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    Update for 17/12/2020 Nothing reported from Wicken Fen. Barway has great white egret and whooper swan, Kingfisher's bridge NR has a flock of 10 white-fronted geese. Anyone deciding to visit Wicken Fen be advised you need to pre-book most of the days and the last entry to Sedge Fen is 3pm. So...
  10. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    Deb, do you have a problem with me or something? What is your problem? I literally joined a week ago and already you are tracking everything I write. I will not enter into further correspondence. It is up to you to believe whatever you want. I am Jake and I seriously don't mind your provocative...
  11. jqmhelios

    Wicken Fen and surroundings wildlife sightings

    I just wanted to start this thread to provide people with wildlife sightings from Wicken Fen and the surrounding areas. I chose to do this because Wicken Fen twitter, once an excellent source of information on the wildlife, now doesn't mention any wildlife at all and are extremely reluctant to...
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