Storms Eunice and Franklin took centre stage this week, with all hands on deck helping with site checks and tree safety work. The reserve teams also witnessed more exciting bird life, created a…

This week our reserve teams saw a raft of coots, a glossy ibis, a bobbing jack snipe; also the strong winds toppled a tree and our volunteers maintained essential heather bee habitat.

This week our reserve teams and volunteers have been busy with reserve management and have spotted spring pioneers, a little egret hunting and more gorgeous skies...

This week, we’ve seen high tides at our north east coastal reserves, we’ve been coppicing at Bradfield Woods to allow light into the woodland floor and seen some wonderful cloud formations.

The last few weeks have seen quite a lot of activity from our birds on the reserve. From our hundreds of siskin around the trails to plenty of water birds to be seen on our lakes. Some of our…

This week our reserve teams have been creating a new pond at Black Bourn Valley, building beautiful willow fencing at Lackford Lakes, clearing paths at Lound Lakes and much more...

This week our reserve teams repaired an eroded footpath and continued with essential fen management. They were rewarded with more spectacular scenery with frosty mornings and stunning skies.

This week our reserve teams saw a young eel, a great white egret and a rare glossy ibis. Meanwhile they have been cracking on with habitat creation, management and monitoring.

After a week of 2022, we have now recorded 61 different types of birds, 6 mammals and even 1 butterfly! Main bird highlights were hundreds of siskin, red kite, goldeneye and green sandpiper.…

Our first reserves blog of 2022! The wildlife didn’t slow down for Christmas, with our wardens recording up close otters, flocks of lapwing, teal and plover and more stunning scenery in the frost…