The bench up on the south-east corner of Island Pit has become our favourite stop for coffee and home-made flapjack. It ended up being a slow walk up there. A redwing on the dead tree opposite the Hayden Hide was enjoying the rays of sunshine and, unusually for the species, stayed there for as long… Read More

Gadwall by Jackie Hill A reason that Paxton Pits is a nature reserve is that it was designated with having sites of special scientific interest (SSSI). Back in the 80’s, the Pits was one of the few places to have breeding gadwall in the UK.  The other reason was that some rarer insects were found… Read More

 Volunteers were out at the weekend on the monthly water bird survey (WeBS). It is good to see that the goldeneye are back. The tufted ducks weren’t all at Grafham Water and there were plenty to be seen on Island Pit, as well as a goosander. A great white egret on Pumphouse Pit and 6… Read More

The Great Meadow has not been grazed this summer, as the floods earlier this year took the fencing, which has yet to be repaired.  It was time to monitor this area again, by our wildlife survey volunteers and we wondered what our findings would be, as the grass was very long. We hoped for wasp… Read More

Our first work party today, since November last year, was pulling ragwort out from the Great Meadow. We didn’t pull any last year, due to Covid and cattle have not grazed there this year, as the fencing was destroyed by the floods. So, there is lots to pull! When, it is flowering, the cattle can… Read More