A wildlife-rich mosaic of habitats with free parking and a Visitor Centre just off the A1
After being closed for virtually 4 months the Visitor Centre is reopening again, albeit on a limited basis. It will be open from 11am until 3pm on the 15th and 16th July, and again on the 22nd and 23rd July. Further times and dates will be announced as we go on, and we’re looking forward… Read More
Image by hedera.baltica, CC BY-SA 2.0 Invasion! Unknown in the UK before 1955, the Collared Dove has rapidly become one of our most familiar birds. Its spectacular spread seems hardly credible in that it has expanded its breeding range from the Balkans to the North Sea islands, such as the UK in just 20 short… Read More
Our annual report which gathers together all the sightings at the Paxton Pits complex over one year has now been published for 2019. Available to read on our website (along with reports from previous years), all the sightings have been gathered by volunteers, including for our WeBS and bird ringing surveys. Thank you to everyone… Read More
Jim Stevenson, recently-retired Ranger for Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, shares his tips for gardening for wildlife, inspired by the work at Paxton Pits. If you want good ideas to attract more wildlife to your garden, look no further than Paxton Pits Nature Reserve. Start in the wildlife garden or the Environmental Education Centre where (at… Read More
The organisers of the Kingfisher Lottery Club are always keen to invest funds into projects that improve the overall experience of both human and wildlife visitors to the nature reserve. So they jumped at the idea of installing a Kingfisher Bank to improve the Kingfisher population. So what is A Kingfisher Bank? It is a… Read More
