New Visitors, New Turf

The day began with a visit to the shops to get some lard for the bird feeders we were doing with an education group today.….

Friday, March 31st 2017

Walk, Mini-beasts and Wetlands

Coming in this morning I was greeted to a fairly common occurrence at Foxglove, a sighting of Roe Deer. Sadly by the time….

Thursday, March 30th 2017

Small is Beautiful

This afternoon on our Small is Beautiful event we explored a small, overlooked world, including looking for lichen and marvelling….

Wednesday, March 29th 2017

It’s the Final Countdown!

Today with our team of Tuesday volunteers we did what we hope to be the final push on this year’s coppice block. The….

Tuesday, March 28th 2017

A Fond Farewell to the Exmoors

On this sunny weekend we sadly said goodbye to Sky and Sydney the Exmoor Ponies who had become a feature on the Moorland….

Monday, March 27th 2017

First and Last?

Members of the bird ringing team opened the nets this morning and caught the first summer migrant , a Chiffchaff. ….

Sunday, March 26th 2017

Little Grebes

The Little Grebes (Dabchicks) had been seen on the lake but I had not spotted them until sitting quietly in the hide I noticed….

Saturday, March 25th 2017

Spring Work in the Sun!

What a contrast to the wintery weather of Wednesday when we had 70 mm of snow and a maximum of 1 degree followed….

Friday, March 24th 2017

Exciting Education Events

Our Thursday team of volunteers helped with lots of jobs today (thank you all) including repairs to signage, tidying the….

Thursday, March 23rd 2017