Have you ever been in awe of what you are seeing and realise too late that the camera is dangling from your neck? That is exactly what happened on a walk recently close to dusk time. We were investigating places where there could be Harvest Mouse nests. We will be doing a survey sometime soon.… Read More

As I write this, it is another glorious day, but where is the rain? The garden needs it, and we thought the fungi would need it. We were mistaken. It was National Fungus Day last Saturday and the Hunts Fungi Group came down to Paxton Pits. We had over 30 people join in. With all… Read More

This weekend we held our last Dragonfly and Butterfly survey of the year. The fact that it was also one of the hottest days meant we did not linger as long and only walked the morning transect around the Meadow Trail. There were countless white butterflies flying around, which led to more than a few… Read More

My last blog seemed to be all about rain. My blog this time last year was all about how dry the reserve was and what would the caterpillars eat. Well, the brown argus, in particular, must have found something. I had a walk up the Heronry trail last week on a hot sunny day and… Read More

The rain may be causing interruption to some of our wildlife surveys. Fortunately, the wildlife is still there. The trail cameras are showing up Roe deer on the actual reserve, which, in recent history, is new. And talking to someone who walks the back footpath to the QE11 playing fields, they have seen a young… Read More