
Lions of the lawn
Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.
© Eleanor Church
Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.
February is usually a calm-before-the-storm, the last quiet month of winter before migration season kicks off in March. Although we didn’t have any rare birds, our regular winter visitors often…
Highlight of the month - and of the year so far - was a flying visit by the the reservoirs' second ever Iceland gull. February also saw barnacle goose, oystercatcher, common snipe, red kite,…
January is typically a quiet month here with few surprises, though our regular winter birds still put on a good show for most of the month.
December turned out to be exceptional with heavy and prolonged snow adding new waders to the year list on four consecutive days. They included multiple jack snipes - the first on the reservoirs…
In the middle of winter birds don’t tend to move any great distance, which means we don’t often get any unusual birds here. The exception to this can be during a very cold spell, when birds may…
Submit your creative work for this years Nature Nurtures Conservation + Creative Arts Collective nature anthology book. Selected pieces will be released in a print and digital anthology with a…
Over the years, birding has advanced; from shooting and egg collecting in the 1800s, to the invention of binoculars that enabled birders to observe birds from a distance without disturbance, to…
Join one of our Trainees, Jennifer, for a walk through the Great North Wood to discover some hidden surprises and treats!