A wildlife-rich mosaic of habitats with free parking and a Visitor Centre just off the A1
Image by Peter Hagger The Blue Tit was the first bird that I can remember being shown by my mother when I was about 6 years old. They were attracted to our North Leeds garden by the remains of the Sunday joint being hung up on the clothesline. So, I have known the Blue Tit… Read More
Nightingale image by Rob Zweers, CC BY-ND 2.0 So much has already been written about this iconic bird, hailed by many as the worlds greatest song bird, that you may think there is nothing new to say? However this article may prove helpful as background as we enter the birds most important time here in… Read More
Black-headed gull image by William, CC BY 2.0 Why do birdwatchers not take too much notice of gulls? This bird is one of our most familiar local birds, but is very little known to most people, being called a “seagull” by most of my friends? So, if the herring gull (a declining species) is the… Read More
A great spotted woodpecker hangs from our garden bird feeder, and it is also interested in the remains of a chicken hanging from an apple tree! Both the great spotted woodpecker and the green woodpecker are familiar sights around the villages these days, but historically both these birds had a rather uneasy relationship with man… Read More
Latin name: Buteo buteo A pair of common buzzards circling and “mewing” high over the Cambridgeshire countryside is a very welcome and familiar sight to many local naturalists these days, but this was not always the case. This slow flying, broad-winged raptor has had a somewhat controversial relationship with man, for in Victorian times it… Read More
