This week our wardens and volunteers have braved the freezing conditions for fence repairs, sluice works, herding ponies, gorse removal and woodland management. Wildlife sightings included a rare…

This week our wardens and volunteers have been managing reedbeds, protecting scrub and creating habitat for nightjar and woodlark. They also snapped some amazing vistas, and a kestrel was caught…

This week our wardens have seen a magnificent moonset, a mystery gall, a wisp of snipe, early blossom, a bittern and lots more fabulous fungi.

Here is our sightings from January 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…

This week’s wildlife highlights were an otter, a buzzard, a water rail, and a heron in the frost. Our wardens have been hard at work installing a sluice, making a scrape with a kingfisher bank,…

There have been stunning views this week, whilst our wardens and volunteers have been busy with coppicing, tree safety work and livestock checks. They also spotted otters, a bittern and Eurasian…

This week our reserve wardens and volunteers have been busy restoring and maintaining fens and marshes, chainsaw training, and relocating our conservation grazing 'Belties'. Wildlife…

This week has been packed full of exciting wildlife, including an otter cub, a devil’s coach horse, a marsh harrier, a tiny bee orchid, coral slime mould and loads of fantastic fungi! Meanwhile…

The weather this year, has been strange and this has continued throughout Autumn. With the mild weather after the drought in the summer, many plants decided to have a go at growing again and some…

Catch up on the latest news from our nature reserves. This week our wardens and volunteers have been full steam ahead with autumn reserve duties – creating and maintaining ideal habitats for…