Now we are into May, we enter late spring at the lakes. The spring birds have arrived and the reserve is full of bird song from nightingales to swifts screaming overhead. Added to the birds…

This week our reserves have seen exciting birds including ring ouzel, short-eared owl, great spotted woodpecker, grasshopper warbler and a rare purple heron! Bradfield coppice coupe has carpets of…

It’s been another week full of wonderful wildlife across our reserves – with rare night herons, lapwing chicks, slow worms, a green hairstreak butterfly, bumblebees and mining bees, and lots more…

Our reserves are bursting with spring wildlife this week, with a cuckoo calling, nightingale song and a willow warbler. Wildflowers abound including herb paris, early purple orchids, oxlips and…

Catch up on the latest news from our reserves - this week there have been lots more uplifting signs of spring; with migrant birds returning, woodland wildflowers in bloom, basking reptiles, early…

This week, our teams have been putting up temporary rope fencing to protect ground nesting birds with colleagues at Dunwich, litter-picking and spotting illusive treecreepers...

Here is our sightings from April 2023 at Lackford Lakes.

This post will be updated with sightings as we go through the month so keep checking back here to find up to date information about…

Nicola Coe, our artist in residence, reflects on collecting natural treasures and using them to create beautiful art at Foxburrow Nature reserve in her latest blog...

There have been signs of spring all over the county, with beautiful spring flowers and sightings of lizards and butterflies making the most of the warmer days. Take a look at what’s been happening…

This week on our reserves, we’ve been completing winter bird surveys, laying some fine hedges, and finishing up the last of the winter works before spring starts in earnest...