A wildlife-rich mosaic of habitats with free parking and a Visitor Centre just off the A1
The outside temperature gauge is saying 29.8 degrees C as I write this. The grass is brown and yet as I look at the Buddleia in the front garden, there are more butterflies and bees than I have ever seen on it. I do wonder if plants are making more nectar than normal to attract… Read More
Read on for lots of positive wildlife news! After a hot week last week, the temperature has cooled considerably. This morning was a cool 7 degrees centigrade when we walked down to the Visitor Centre to meet up with the other volunteers to divide up and go the 9 Breeding Bird routes. Everybody seemed full… Read More
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
