Wicken Fen

We have taken a couple of walks at our nearby nature reserve Wicken Fen over the winter. It is the National Trust's oldest reserve and arguably one of the most important with over 9000 species. One of its winter visitors is the Short Eared Owl and they bring in lots of bird watchers and photographers as they hunt during the day across the fens. So far we have yet to see one but there is always something to spot at Wicken from the wild Konik ponies that graze there to kestrels and other birds of prey, deer are often spotted and on our last visit a barn owl in the distance.

Wild Konik ponies at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire

Wild Konik ponies at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire

Roe deer at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire

Fieldfare at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire

Barn owl at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire

Barn owl at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire

Barn owl at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire

Kestrel at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire