Is it me or is everything early this year? We had snowdrops in the garden flowering before Christmas, bumblebees on my winter honeysuckle and one of our volunteers saw a strongly flying peacock butterfly this morning. When I poked my nose outside before WeBS (the water bird survey) yesterday birds were in full song. The… Read More

Season’s Greetings to you all, On an unseasonally warm, but somewhat grey morning, yesterday, Mike and I went out to finish off the Wetland Bird Count (WeBS). There had been a shortage of volunteers to cover all the reserve on the traditional day, Sunday. Walking up the Heronry Trail, we found ourselves serenaded by the… Read More

As many of you know, The Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. We want to share this. We have an Open Day on 6th July with displays, self-guided walks, children’s treasure hunts and much more, so please come along. Most importantly the wildlife is sharing this with us… Read More

Hi All, Did you know that the common ancestor of Fungi is not the plant kingdom? They are actually more closely related to us humans!  Death Caps, Deceivers and Deadman Fingers. Fungi have such wonderful names and you can find them all and many more at Paxton Pits at this time of year. The recent… Read More