‼️ Last call for this Sunday's Bat Walk at 6:45 pm! We have 5 spaces. The rest are sold out 🦇🌒 🦉 What better way to keep the mellow weekend vibe going than venturing deep into the Reserve at dusk, led by our expert Warden? 👩‍💻 Book at kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/even...

I’m really excited to have some of my cards on sale at Kingfisher’s Bridge, a beautiful nature reserve between Cambridge and Ely. They do lovely coffee and cake, too! ☕️

💗 We're thrilled to stock some of @katiefullerart.bsky.social beautiful greetings cards in our Visitor Centre shop! 👩‍🎨 Katie is a really talented local printmaker who uses innovative techniques and inks to highlight Fenland wildlife. All printed on sustainable materials in compostable packaging too!

👩‍🍳 Our Katey's been baking for the weekend! 🧀 Cheese scones & fruit scones 🍪 Choc chip cookies 🤎 Vegan Biscoff loaf 🤍 White choc blondies 🍰 Victoria sponge 👍 And our ever-popular Tiffin is next up! 🥾🐾 Come and fill your boots before and/or after a walk on the Reserve. We're open every day 10am-4pm

⚠️ We've only got a few places left on this season's Bat Walks, so if you're keen to come, you'd better grab 'em fast! 🦇 this Sunday, 29 September, 6:45 pm — FIVE tickets left 🦇 Saturday 4 October, 6:3pm — just TWO remaining 🗓️ Book at kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/even...

❎ Sat 11/10 and Sat 25/10 already SOLD OUT! ✅ Still plenty of availability on Sunday 28 September and Saturday 4 October. 🛼 But get your skates on if you're interested in booking, as our Bat Walks always sell out fast. Details below ⤵️ 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇

🦇 Bat walks are BACK 🌙🦇 🙋If you're bats about bats, book right now, as our ever-popular twilight trips into the Reserve always sell fast: 🗓️ Sun 28/9, 6:45pm Sat 4/10, 6:30 pm Sat 11/10, 6:15pm Sat 25/10, 5:45pm — only 3 places left! kingfishers-bridge-nature-reserve.sumupstore.com/product/even...

Friday morning, fresh from the oven: 🌿 hearty vegan sausage rolls 🍪 rich triple-choc cookies 🧀 cheese scones and fruit scones 🍰 and a classic Victoria sponge-to-be is next! ☕ 🥪Plus hot & cold drinks, paninis, milk shakes, ice creams... everything you need to fuel an autumn walk on the Reserve 🥾🐾

✅ Amazingly, the A10 bridge work at Waterbeach has finished EARLY, so no need for complex route planning if you’re intending to visit us from the south this weekend 👍

Feeding time on the River Lea. Watch as this female kingfisher down on Hackney Marshes tries to feed a fish to one of her youngsters. You can also clearly see how much brighter the plumage of the adult is. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #hackney #riverlea #ukbirds #birds

🛍️ Our Visitor Centre shop now stocks gorgeous cards, calendars and prints by the immensely talented Tina Bone of Tina's Fine Arts. 🎨 A botanical illustrator based in Comberton, Tina specialises in East Anglian and wetland wildlife. 😍 Too many to share here: come and choose for yourself! £3–£75

Same again this weekend folks: if you normally visit us via the A10 from Waterbeach or further south, you'll need to find an alternative route. We're open as usual!

🐃 Visitors often ask why we keep Asian Water Buffalo on the Reserve. We explain that they fill a vital ecological niche left by extinct wild cattle, managing fenland habitat. 🦬 It’s hard to believe that Steppe Bison once roamed East Anglia, but here’s some wonderful evidence that they did ⬇️

😎 What a glorious day to be out on the Reserve! 👒 Bring sun cream, water, a hat and binoculars, and make the most of our woodland walks and riverside willows as well as the big open skies 🏞️ 👀 What will you see on your visit? 🐴🦋🐃🌸🐝🌿🪶 ☕️🍦🍰🌮 And @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social is open 10-4 every day!

Some people call the Fens ‘big skies’ country. Great clouds on a beautiful morning at @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social today, plus ☑️ 3 ravens ☑️ prolonged bittern fly-past ☑️ spotted flycatcher ☑️ lesser whitethroat ☑️ marsh harrier

🤍💛🤎 Victoria Sponge and triple-choc cupcakes, from kitchen to café counter today — and to YOUR plate this weekend? Plus all the usual deliciousness: paninis, brownies, blondies, drinks, ice creams... ⚠️ (Don't forget: the A10 is closed from Waterbeach to Stretham this weekend: visit us via Wicken!)

Our water buffaloes aren't just easy on the eye. Their grazing of the wildflower meadows creates the perfect habitat for ground-nesting waders and a wealth of chalkland flora and invertebrates 😍🐃🦋🐦 #buffhello #waterbuffalo #cambridgeshirefens #wildlifefirstconservation

⚠️A gentle reminder that the A10 north of Waterbeach will be closed from 8pm on Friday to the early hours of Monday morning this weekend ⤴️ Visit us from Cambridge via Wicken instead. We’ll be open as usual!

🚧 Road closure alert! A10 on September weekends: PLAN AHEAD 🚘 Do you visit us from Waterbeach or further south, and come up the A10 to Stretham to reach us? 📅 On 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21 September you'll need to come via Wicken instead. 👍 We'll be open as usual!

A Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) amongst the fallen autumn leaves today in Cambridge.

Happy #InternationalBatNight !!!! . We've compiled some bat facts to celebrate and raise awareness of bats. Share your favourite image or let us know in the comments other bat facts you love. . For more bat facts and ideas to help bats this weekend visit: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

🆕 We're re-stocking the shop in our Visitor Centre! 📚 River Friend books by Tina Bone 🌌 Stars and Eels tea towels by Tales from the Fen ✉️ Gorgeous greeting cards by Tales from the Fen 🎨 Prints by other talented local artists 😍 And more to come over the next few weeks. Come and see for yourself!

☔ Need to shake off this sudden autumn weather? We've been baking just for you! ☕ Coffee & walnut cake 🍒 Cherry Bakewell blondies 🍪 Oreo cheesecake brownies 👩‍🍳 Vegan Biscoff loaf fresh from the oven! 🪨 Rocky road, triple choc chip cookies 🥪 Plus hot drinks and paninis in our cosy Visitor Centre 🥰

👏 Dedicated volunteer Fade Vilkos has spent the summer collecting up old plastic sapling protectors, now almost hidden in our mature woodlands 🌳 He's turned up some other surprises along the way 🧦 but we reckon this gorgeous, huge goat moth caterpillar is his best find so far 😍

Don't forget - we are open today 10 -4 @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social and we want to feed you!

A Bank Holiday treat for you! Now the nesting season is over, Warden Katey has cleared the tracks on the Reserve fence line, so visitors can get as close as possible to the wildlife in our glorious meadows. If you haven't already planned a walk and a cake this weekend, what are you waiting for?

A big #buffhello to celebrate our 💯 followers here! The Reserve is so dry and hot this summer that even the Reed Beds aren’t wet enough for our Water Buffaloes 🥺. So they have staged a takeover of what’s left of the Sand Martin pond to enjoy a lovely cool wallow there 😎🐃🐃🐃💦

👩‍🍳 Prepping for the weekend with a big bake-up! 🍰 A skyscraper of a Victoria sponge 🍪 Smarties cookies and cheese scones fresh from the oven 🍒 Cherry Bakewell blondies in progress ☕🌮🍹🍦Plus hot and cold drinks, paninis, milkshakes, ice cream... 🌳 Enjoy sun or shade in our lovely garden as you eat!

We're delighted to announce the winners of our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend Quiz! 🚲 Sophie from Milton (📷 pond-dipping on the Reserve) wins vouchers for Ely Cycle Centre and Toy Shop 🐃 The Hodge family of Little Downham wins a crochet toy Water Buffalo (who is already very loved!) 1/3

It's another scorcher.. 🥵☀️ Be sure to put out plenty of water for birds & wildlife in your garden so they can keep cool and have enough to drink. Got your patch covered? Share this reminder!

🤔 Washing up or a walk on the Reserve after breakfast this Saturday? It's a no-brainer! ☺️ Wind down to Josh Robins' gorgeous folk songs as you eat, and leave the cooking and clearing to us. 🗓️ Live Music Breakfast on 9 August with options for all tastes: www.kingfishersbridge.org/store/p48/Li...

🐯Catch a Tiger to the Reserve! 🚍 Book a bus journey to the Reserve from any stop in the Tiger On Demand East Cambridgeshire zone • 6:30 am–7:00 pm, Mon-Sat • £2/adult, £1/child 5-16, under 5s free • book online, by phone or on the Tiger on Demand app, up to 48 hours ahead www.tigerondemand.co.uk

🤎 🥾 Coffee and cake = the perfect post-walk treat! ☕ Our big coffee machine is back in action, and we've been baking up a storm. 🍰 Victoria sponge, vegan lemon drizzle, rocky road, millionaires shortbread, blondies and brownies: take your pick! 7️⃣ Open 7 days a week @kingfishersbridge.bsky.social

🎶 If you go down to the woods today... 🧹 You'll see that Warden Katey has given Peacock Hide a thorough clean... 🌳 ... and our wonderful volunteers, led by Warden Jack, have removed all the old sapling guards in Home Wood and picked litter while they were at it. 😍 👏Thank you, everyone involved!

🦇 Keep bats in mind when you are gardening. Think 'Bed & Breakfast', i.e. providing roosting spaces (like a bat box) and plenty of food for them to eat (by having plants that attract insects at night). www.bats.org.uk/advice/garde...

🌻☕️🍳🥐🍓🎶🌳 Fancy a lazy family breakfast al fresco in the gorgeous garden of our recently relaunched café, serenaded by the mellow sounds of local folk singer Josh Robins? Then make a date with us on Saturday 9 August — see details below!

The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨 This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved. No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️ Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

🎈It's our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend, 12-13 July! 😊 This could be you (again?) tomorrow: pond dipping, owl pellet dissection, live music, face painting, great food, guided walks to meet our Water Buffalo, and much much more—in the loveliest Reserve in the Cambridgeshire Fens 😍 🌳🦋🦉🐝🍰🦆🍦🌳

It’s our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend! Come and join a guided walk deep into the Reserve and say #buffhello to our herd of Asian Water Buffalo 🐃 🐃🐃🐃 10am-4pm 12-13 July, guided walks hourly, last one leaves at 3pm

0️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend, 12-13 July 2025 😎 It's show time! The weather is gorgeous: sunny, breezy with lots of shade and ice-cream 🍦 The bugs, bees and owl pellets are ready, @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social open, musicians playing, and our first visitors are here 👫

1️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend on 12-13 July! Day 1: READY WHEN YOU ARE!! 🦆🚜👩‍🍳💻🛠️🌳 Our staff and volunteers have been working their socks off this week — preparing the Reserve for YOU to visit! 👒 🍦So put your sunhat and suncream on, grab some water, and come on down!

2️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend on 12-13 July: it's nearly time!! 🐝🦋🦉🐟 Day 2: family fun with minibeasts What do owls eat? Who lurks in our ponds? How many different moths, bugs and bees fly through the Reserve? Get stuck in to our child-friendly activities to find out!

3️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend on 12-13 July! Day 3: bring your friends & family! Reserve Manager James herded our water buffalo into Compartment 5 of the reedbed today, the best location for Guided Walks this weekend 🐃🐃🐃 🚜 Who will you bring with you to the Reserve? 🚗👫🚲

4️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend on 12-13 July! 🎼 Day 4: Chill out in our Music Marquee with live sets by local bands 🎵 Saturday: James Erskine • The Mojo Slide • The Sound of Pop Art • Josh Robins Sunday: Megan Day • We Got That Swing • Fenland Jam • Josh Robins

5️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend, 12-13 July! Day 5: food and drink 🍕🍦🫖🍰 As well as our very own @thekingfishercafe.bsky.social serving light lunches, home-made cakes and ridiculously delicious milkshakes, LOL's Pizza and Toni's Ices will offer the finest local catering 😋

6️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend on 12-13 July! Day 6: meet our exhibitors, part 3: New Life on the Old West 🏞️ This 5-year project has created new wildlife habitats on the Old West river, which joins the Cam just north of our Reserve. Come and learn more about their work!

7️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Open Weekend on 12-13July! Day 7: meet our exhibitors, part 2: Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group East 🌾 Sustainable farming expert George will be with us to show how Fenland farms can support endangered species such as great crested newts🥰 www.fwageast.org.uk

8️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Open Weekend on 12-13 July! Day 8: Meet our exhibitors. First up, Cambridgeshire Beekeepers' Association. 🐝 Want to know all about bees and their crucial role in keeping nature pollinated? CBA expert Andie is bringing a display hive with her! www.cbka.org.uk

9️⃣ Countdown to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend on 12-13 July! Day 9: Meet our ground staff 🐴🐃 Join one of our Guided Tours into the Reserve during Open Weekend to learn how our Asian Water Buffalo and Konik Ponies create the ideal habitat for Fenland birds, bugs and plants to thrive in 😍

🔟 Counting down to our 30th Anniversary Family Open Weekend on 12-13 July! 10. Beginnings. Learn how farmer Andrew Green created the Reserve thirty years ago, and what's happened since, in this recent BBC News Online interview with Reserve Manager James Moss: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...