I paid a visit to Wicken Fen on Friday evening – it was such a lovely day I wanted to get out and away from a computer for a while. And with my NTS membership card it’s free to get in.
Let’s cut to the punchline – we saw a male Hen Harrier twice. Twice, briefly and not very close, but we saw one in the gathering dusk. Yippee!
And there were Marsh Harriers, a Barn owl, Cetti’s Warblers (singing), a male Stonechat flycatching from a pole in the middle of a reedbed and more. But the star was the Hen Harrier (even though a shared flapjack came close).
He will be heading to the hills soon, and some Hen Harriers will be skydancing already. Let’s hope they don’t choose grouse moors!
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Magic!
and as it gets bigger and bigger due to the Wicken Fen Vision, it should get better and better
Good to know there is National Trust land where HH are safe. Not likely to be so lucky in the hills.