A wildlife-rich mosaic of habitats with free parking and a Visitor Centre just off the A1
Trevor Coughlan gives us the latest from the Work Parties at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve Visitors may have noticed that over the last few months, there has been some rain! However, I am pleased to report the wet weather has not deterred our volunteers, in the fact the number of work party volunteers over the… Read More
Janet Prior reports on a new old find for the reserve… If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise. If you go down to the woods today you’ll never believe your eyes! This was the situation for the mid-week volunteers who ventured into the woods to erect protective stock… Read More
Derek Gruar introduces the 2019 report from the bird ringing and monitoring that takes place at Paxton Pits The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has used Constant Effort Site (CES) bird ringing to monitor the abundance, breeding success and survival of 24 common breeding songbirds since 1986. Paxton Pits Nature Reserve is one of over… Read More
An update from our regular bird ringing team. Three extra ringing sessions were carried out in September after the end of our normal annual monitoring programme. With no strict methodological constraints, we could set nets at different times of the day (no 4am alarm calls!). As these sessions came after the breeding season had finished,… Read More
Martin Runchman reflects on a recent visit to Paxton Pits. After several days of heavy rain and overcast skies in June it was good to be able to make a visit to PPPNR, with the thought of an update on our summer visitors, the Terns, in my mind. Having parked the car almost immediately I… Read More
