Blog | Foxglove Covert Local Nature Reserve

Tower Hide Maintenance

Staff from Gilleard Brothers Ltd (Specialists in the design, manufacture and erection of bird hides) have been working….

Barn Owls seem to be having a very successful breeding season. Nothing affects their success like the food supply which….

Bluebells always flower late at Foxglove because it is high above sea level. They are an indicator of ancient woodland and….

There are over one hundred small nestboxes at Foxglove and each of them are checked by the birdringers in the spring. The….

This year seems to have been a good one for Tawny Owls. Boxes that have been visited by the bird ringers have had healthy….

The bright spikes of Early Purple Orchids are starting to pop up all over the reserve. The bank that is managed especially….

Kestrels also use the large nest boxes put out by the Foxglove team. They breed a little later than the owls and usually….

Another resident of large bird boxes is the Barn Owl. Although nesting has been recorded in every month of the year,….

The mosaic of habitats that make up Foxglove are extremely labour intensive. Staff and volunteers worked hard all….