Sarah Craythorne
Common Crane © Nick Williams
Lilianna Witkowska-Wawer
Willow Tree Fen
Location
OS Map Reference
TF 181 213
Know before you go
Dogs
When to visit
Opening times
Winter opening times: the viewing area is open from Monday to Friday from 9am until dusk (closed on weekends),Crane viewing season, starting on 27 February 2023: the viewing area will be open every day from 9am until dusk.
Opening the car park and viewing area is dependent on the availability of our volunteers. We may also have to close at short notice due to unforeseen circumstances.
Best time to visit
April - AugustAbout the reserve
When the Trust bought Willow Tree Fen in 2009 it was intensively farmed arable land growing beans and cereals. Nature has recovered. Now a more traditional fenland landscape of shallow meres, seasonally flooded pastures, hay meadows and reedbeds, it is rich in wildlife.
Many of our iconic wetland species are now thriving including lapwing, redshank, skylark, water rail, marsh harrier, shelduck, snipe, greater water parsnip, hairy dragonfly, spined loach and otter. In 2020, cranes successfully bred on the reserve. They were the first cranes to breed in Lincolnshire for 400 years and are now resident.
Please visit our main Willow Tree Fen page for further information.
Location information
Please do not follow satnav to find Willow Tree Fen. There is no access to Willow Tree Fen from the Macmillan Way or from Slipe Drove/West Pinchbeck.
