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Reed beds, seen from the public hide in the RSPB reserve at Leighton Moss. One of the few remaining areas in England where bittern can occasionally be seen and often heard. Picture taken from SD 48303 75022
©Martyn B
Dist:0.1km<br/>The northern part of the nature reserve at Leighton Moss is referred to by the OS (but not many others possibly?) as Storrs Moss. The starlings that flew in in great numbers couldn't seem to care less ........
©Karl and Ali
Dist:0.2km<br/>This field between the road and the meres always seems to be a favourite grazing ground for dozens of geese. These are pink-footed or greylag geese I think.
©Karl and Ali
Dist:0.2km<br/>Black headed gulls mobbing the passage of an Otter
©Derek Crawley
Dist:0.2km<br/>The north end of the RSPB reserve.
©Mike Pennington
Dist:0.3km<br/>View from the Lower Hide. After about a week of sub-zero temperatures, almost all the meres are frozen solid.
©Ian Taylor
Dist:0.4km<br/>Early morning view
©Derek Crawley
Dist:0.4km<br/>Early morning. Nothing much moving apart from black-headed gulls which are furiously nest building.
©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.4km<br/>A path runs from Storrs Lane through the reserve to Leighton Hall and Yealand Conyers, giving good views of the reserve.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.4km<br/>The view from the hide on the causeway looking over the RSPB nature reserve.
©Mike Pennington
Dist:0.4km<br/>Two typical plants of calcareous grassland, growing in open woodland at the north end of the RSPB's Leighton Moss reserve.
©Mike Pennington
Dist:0.5km<br/>For the sharp-eyed, there is also a male Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca), a scarce migrant to Britain from eastern Europe.
©Mike Pennington
Dist:0.5km<br/>Specialised dredging equipment to remove sediment as part of habitat management at this superb nature reserve.
©James T M Towill
Dist:0.5km<br/>View from the Public Hide. After about a week of sub-zero temperatures, almost all the meres are frozen solid.
©Ian Taylor
Dist:0.5km<br/>A view from the public path through the RSPB reserve to Grisedale, Leighton Hall and Yealand Conyers.
©M J Richardson

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