Rain

A great deal of rain has fallen over the last few days and the quiet streams and becks on the reserve are now in spate. ….

Friday, August 28th 2020

Late Summer Flowers

The last of the summer flowers bloom through August and depending on the weather, stay out through to October.  They….

Thursday, August 27th 2020

Backgrounds

Views stay still. Flowers and trees can usually be photographed easily without a background to worry about, but insects,….

Tuesday, August 25th 2020

Friends and Volunteers

As usual, volunteers have been working hard behind the scenes on all different kinds of tasks in order to keep the reserve….

Wednesday, August 19th 2020

Family Fun

Looking for something to do with the family? Due to popular demand an additional Pond Dipping event has been planned for….

Wednesday, August 19th 2020

CES 11

The penultimate CES (Constant Effort Site) bird ringing session for 2020 took place last weekend. Over 150 birds were processed….

Wednesday, August 19th 2020

Late Summer Jobs

During August, a start is made on managing some of the glades around the reserve. Glades are an important feature within….

Monday, August 17th 2020

Ringathon!

The bird ringers have just completed a four day ringing course with some guest bird ringers from the South of England. The….

Wednesday, August 12th 2020

Wildlife Photography

The team at Foxglove are so busy that they rarely have time to stop and take photographs so it is always a treat when visitors….

Tuesday, August 11th 2020

Important Information

Government guidelines mean that anyone using the Field Centre from Saturday 8th August must wear a mask. Please bring one….

Thursday, August 6th 2020

Ducks!

The clearing of the duck trap by volunteers paid off and already three young Mallards have been caught and ringed. They….

Tuesday, August 4th 2020

Reedbed Ringing

Some of the bird ringers spent a few hours at a reed bed on a different site and caught 65 birds including 12 Reed Buntings….

Monday, August 3rd 2020

Mulleins

A new flower was added to the species list last week; Great Mullein. Just a single one was found along the access road not….

Saturday, August 1st 2020