A wildlife-rich mosaic of habitats with free parking and a Visitor Centre just off the A1
This time of the year on the reserve is all about migration, emerging from hibernation, or in the case of many insects a pupa or larva. It’s always an exciting time to see the first of the year. The chiffchaffs are in the full song and the blackcaps and the newly arrived willow warblers are… Read More
We were wrapped up to keep warm this Sunday morning for the last Water Bird Survey (WeBS) of the season. Very different from last Sunday, lovely and warm in the sunshine. Many of our work party were down to their T-shirts by the end of the morning tidying up the Bee Orchid exclosure near Wash… Read More
It is difficult to imagine that Huntingdonshire was covered in extensive forests during Saxon times. The area was declared a royal forest by King Henry II in 1154. Since then, it has been gradually deforested, and Huntingdonshire now has one of the lowest coverage of trees in the country. The Paxton Pits nature reserve may not… Read More
On another grey day, a song thrush singing from the top of a tree cheered me up as I walked down to the Visitor Centre for the work party today. The water boiler in the kitchen had decided it didn’t like the weather either and had stopped working, so I was also carrying a kettle,… Read More
Season’s greetings to you all, Another year almost gone and more importantly next year is the 30th anniversary of the Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve. Do you have memories of the reserve you would like to share, as we would love to hear about them? Please send them to me. We are looking at… Read More
