Spring is in the air! We've seen and heard some wonderful signs of the new season, and also spotted some more exciting mammal tracks on our reserves.

Find out what's been happening across our coastal nature reserves with Warden Dan Doughty's blog.

This week the Reserve Wardens have been busy hedge laying and reed cutting, creating new wetland scrapes, and admiring fabulous fungi and badger footprints.

This week our Reserve Wardens admired an amazing ancient crab apple tree, spotted a great white egret and scarlet elf cup fungi. We also said goodbye to the snow, and reserve management work…

This week saw heavy snowfall across many of our reserves, creating some stunning scenery and extra tasks for the wardens and volunteers clearing snow drifts and fallen trees. The wardens also…

This week the Reserve Wardens spotted some early signs of spring and historic landmarks at Rendlesham Forest, we had a new addition to our British white cattle and rotational coppicing commenced…

Signs of spring can lift your spirits when the days are still so bitterly cold. Whilst we're all huddled inside, the wildlife at Carlton Marshes is just getting on with it! Read on for…

This week we kept warm around the fire sledge, Gunton Meadow had a tidy up, our British white cattle got some extra hay, and there was more snow and flooding.

It has been very wet here at Lackford, this winter. Many areas of the reserve have been flooded on a regular basis including the Kingfisher (blue trail). The changes in water levels have been…

This week our brilliant volunteers helped maintain open habitat for nightjar, and we saw a cluster of great white egrets, some lovely lichen fruits and fungi and a quite a variety of weather…