Sara Hennessy, Communities and Education Manager: I enjoy checking our CCTV footage each morning and therefore being the first to see who's been visiting at night. My favourite sighting so far has been the badgers. We don't know where they're living, but it's exciting to see them looking happy and healthy, exploring and making the most of the wild spaces in the Great Fen.

Kate Carver, Great Fen Project Manager: It's not a very rare or special species, but my favourite moment was when a small common frog hopped onto my wellington boot as we were in the paludiculture test beds. It's always a delight to see wildlife enjoying the wetlands we're helping to restore.

Caroline Lewis, Great Fen Conservation Volunteer: One of my favourite moments was when completing a site survey, as I walked up a path I realised a family of fox cubs were playing up ahead. Being downwind of them I was able to stop and watch for what seemed like 10 minutes, but was probably only 1 or 2, until their mother called them and they melted away into the undergrowth. 

Laura Allen, Communities and Education Officer: Ever since I heard about Chinese water deer I’ve hoped to see one. Having worked in the Fens for two years and having managed to miss them by seconds when out and about, I was so pleased to see one as I was leaving Ramsey Heights just before Christmas. I could see their teddy bear face but what surprised me was their size (I had thought they were much smaller!). A few days later I saw another one!

Alison Chaves, Wild Learning Officer: One of my favourite sightings at Ramsey Heights has been seeing the grass snake swimming across the pond. The water was very still and at first I thought it was a small mammal but Caroline, one of the very knowledgeable volunteers, pointed out that it was a snake. I've travelled lots of places in the world and seen lots of amazing wildlife but this is one the most wonderful things I've ever seen. 

Paul Trevor, Senior Ranger: My favourite sighting in the Great Fen is the absolute bucketfuls of snipe that appear at the wetlands. Apparently the proper collective noun is a wisp of snipe! Their appearance shows the changes we're making to the landscape are moving in the right direction. 

Danielle Page, Communities and Education Officer: My favourite wildlife moment last year was seeing my first glowing glow-worm bum as we surveyed to assess population levels. Just one would have been enough to please me, but the great numbers we encountered were really exciting. We can't wait to get guided walks started this year! And if I can sneak in another, discovering the pattern on a 14-spot ladybird looks like a happy puppy face always makes me smile. 

Tristan Colaco, Natural England Reserve Manager: My favourite sighting from 2022 would have to be seeing my first tansy beetle; they are just stunning!

Rebekah O'Driscoll, Communities and Education Officer: It was incredible to watch the emergence of loads of ashy mining bees from the ground near the classroom at Ramsey Heights this year. Just by chance I spotted movement and then a colleague and I spent ages laying down watching them appear from their burrows and the males hovering around to find a mate. 

Lorna Parker, Great Fen Restoration Manager: I love to see the giant puffball fungi emerge in autumn. My favourite fact about them is that they produce so many spores (on average 7 trillion each!) that should each spore from one mushroom germinate and the same happen to that generation, it would produce a mass of fungi 800 times the volume of the Earth!

Pete Stubbs, Communities and Learning Manager: When visiting the Great Fen, I really enjoy spotting the kestrels. It's so fascinating and entertaining seeing that incredible ability to keep their head perfectly still while hovering in place. 

David Metcalfe, Reserves Officer: One of my favourite species to see are the barn owls. I quite often see them quartering across the fields as I work and it's a pleasure to stop and watch them hunting. 

We love to hear your favourite wildlife sightings too, Let us know the date, location (use what3words), species and send photographs if possible to Henry Stanier, Monitoring and Research Officer.