Keep in touch with what’s happening at the Pits. Our sightings section contains the most up-to-date reports from visitors. Records are listed by area, with unconfirmed reports in purple. If we don’t state where a sighting was, it may be because we don’t know!

Your sightings are important to us!
Whether the sightings are birds, mammals, insects, spiders, fungi or unusual plant life - we would really like to hear from you. Please help us to keep our records up to date by emailing your sightings to:
. Please DO NOT send images, unless by prior arrangement. All other images are deleted automatically.

What is where? (click for a map)
Hayling Pit/Rudd Pit/The Meadow/Cloudy Pit/Weedy Pit
Heronry Lake including Kingfisher and Hayden Hides
Sailing Lake and Haul Road (the concrete road)
A1 Lakes - view only from footpath along south and east edge
Washout Pit/Moorings - view only from Ouse Valley Way
Island Pit - view only from the southerly part of the eastern shore
Please see the Bird Sightings page for important information regarding restricted access to the northen pits.

Birds - Bird sightings are now in a web log (blog) format. This will enable us to keep you up to date more quickly.
Click here to show bird sightings at Paxton Pits (opens in a new window)

Mammals/Reptiles/Amphibians
Black Squirrel (Hayden Hide - 9th Mar), Weasel (VC Garden - 10th Mar, Sailing Lake - 9th Mar), Mink (Heronry North - 14th Mar, Hayden Hide - 13th Jan), Stoat (18th Feb); Otter (River Great Ouse Moorings - 17th Feb, Heronry North - 4th, 5th Feb and 10th Mar); Short-tailed Vole - 17th Feb (Sailing Lake); Muntjac, Grey Squirrel seen regularly, and Foxes and Mink occasionally.