It is no good, I am going to have to talk about the weather, again! This wet grey weather not only dampens our spirits, wildlife also hides away as well. However, like us, it must get on with life and it is there, if you look hard enough. The last wildlife survey group met on… Read More

The reserve is very verdant at present. The grass in the hay meadows is long and the flowers on the shrubs such as blackberry appear larger than usual. The nettles have also grown tall. There are myriads of damselflies. The dragonflies, which are not such strong fliers as the damselflies in the cold wet windy… Read More

Now, what frantically darts about seemingly on urgent business and loves strawberry plants.  No, not a human! It has a wingspan of 3cms- first clue- and is black and white-second clue. It has large eyes and body in relation to its size and is part of an ancient family. I am sure many of you… Read More

The Heronry lakes are looking a lot emptier of birds than they did a couple of weeks ago with the winter duck moving north.  However, if you look a little closer, you might see ducklings around. At least 4 gadwall chicks were seen on the Breeding Bird survey this morning. We have 14 survey routes,… Read More

If you visited Brent Reservoir on 28th February 1956, you probably would have seen 144 smew. Today seeing one very smart male smew on Heronry South on Paxton Pits Nature Reserve made me very chuffed. It was even better as it counted towards the last water bird count (WEBs) for this season. The bird is… Read More