Weekly wild news from our reserves - 6 May 2022
It was a week of rare and unusual wildlife, with a snorkelling stick insect, first record of a wall brown, soprano pipistrelle bats, nightingale melodies and luscious woodland flowers...
It was a week of rare and unusual wildlife, with a snorkelling stick insect, first record of a wall brown, soprano pipistrelle bats, nightingale melodies and luscious woodland flowers...
This week our reserve teams spotted more marvellous spring wildlife, with reptiles and amphibians breeding and basking, skylarks singing and a first black tern. They also installed cattle gates,…
This week our reserve teams recorded gorgeous signs of spring across the county, with a cuckoo and a cuckooflower, a grasshopper warbler and woodland wildflowers. They also discovered some amazing…
This week spring wildlife abounds, with willow warbler melody, a caddis fly larva, scarlet elf cups and wild flowers including cuckoo flowers, cowslips, wood anemones, early purple orchids and…
This week our reserve teams have been busy with plover fencing and path improvements and our wonderful volunteers helped install new bike racks and collected a shocking amount of rubbish during a…
The last day of March saw a dusting of snow, and some of the first arrivals from Africa. Our reserve wardens and volunteers have captured some fascinating footage from our trail cams too.
This week our reserve teams have been busy preparing for the summer season; coppicing, fencing, creating paths, viewpoints and habitat piles. They were rewarded with more wonderful wildlife…
This week spring was certainly in the air with amorous amphibians, early butterflies and the arrival of the chiffchaff. Meanwhile our reserve teams launched a tern raft, restored a sand martin pit…
This week our reserve teams spotted exciting wildlife including red deer stags, an otter feasting, a yellowhammer rehearsing and yellow brain fungus. Meanwhile our wonderful volunteers and Green…
This week our reserve teams installed a windpump to benefit waders, renovated a boardwalk, saw rare spring flowers emerging and a curious bittern. The recent storms and high tides also posed a few…