A wildlife-rich mosaic of habitats with free parking and a Visitor Centre just off the A1
Returning ducks Many of the ducks at Paxton Pits leave us in the Spring to breed in Northern Britain or Scandinavia. By October, they have returned to spend the winter in our milder climate and you will see far more on the reserve than in the summer months. The wigeon is one of the more… Read More
Image by Natural England, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Fact File Latin name: Carduelis Carduelis UK breeding population: 1.65 million pairs 16th most numerous breeding bird in the UK Most goldfinch noted on a collection of garden feeders in Little Paxton: 28 together. Can you beat that? Status: common summer resident, with c80% of the UK population… Read More
Have you ever thought about volunteering at Paxton Pits? There are lots of opportunities to help, in a variety of ways. At present, we are particularly short of help in the Visitor Centre. You might have noticed that, on a few days recently, the centre was closed. This was due to lack of volunteers. When… Read More
The Great Meadow has not been grazed this summer, as the floods earlier this year took the fencing, which has yet to be repaired. It was time to monitor this area again, by our wildlife survey volunteers and we wondered what our findings would be, as the grass was very long. We hoped for wasp… Read More
Departing swallows and house martins The swifts and cuckoos have gone, and this month you will see swallows and house martins gathering on wires, also getting ready to depart. They have to leave before their food supply disappears; they only eat flying insects and there are very few of those around in the winter months.… Read More
