Now, which passerine (small) bird had the most breeding territories in Paxton Pits Nature Reserve last year and which bird was it 20 years ago? You may already know, particularly if you came to the talk at the Visitor Centre last week. More clues later. What signs of Spring have you seen? I saw my… Read More

What a start to the year! New Year’s Day heralded a lovely clear dry day, which brought a record number of visitors to the reserve and now the floods! New Year’s Day “Tick and Twitch Walk” was as popular as ever.  There was lots of talking as well as lots of birds! You didn’t have… Read More

Season’s Greetings to you all, It has been great spending time with so many of you this year. Our work parties and wildlife survey groups have all been well attended.  There is no doubt that the wildlife appreciates our efforts. Our last Thursday work party of the year opened up a breeding bird survey route… Read More

Have you ever been in awe of what you are seeing and realise too late that the camera is dangling from your neck? That is exactly what happened on a walk recently close to dusk time. We were investigating places where there could be Harvest Mouse nests. We will be doing a survey sometime soon.… Read More

As I write this, it is another glorious day, but where is the rain? The garden needs it, and we thought the fungi would need it. We were mistaken. It was National Fungus Day last Saturday and the Hunts Fungi Group came down to Paxton Pits. We had over 30 people join in. With all… Read More