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…

Our final blog for our 60th anniversary year! This week our wardens and volunteers made scrapes for skylark, relocated a swan, built bat boxes and captured some stunning views.

This week our reserve teams saw avocets galore at Hazlewood Marshes, recycled a Corsican pine and were busy pollarding and clearing ditches at our winter work parties.

This week our reserves teams saw a ring-tailed hen harrier and were busy milling ash and restoring heathland whilst many reserves got a sprinkling of snow.

From changing colours, wandering harriers and murmurating starlings, to snoozing, shivering blue tits and blonde-faced ducks, it’s all happening on our reserve this week.