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Last night saw the reserve host it's annual bat and moth night (or "mat and both night" as I seem to keep saying) under the title of 'Creatures of the Night'. At 9pm, as the rain was beginning to fall, the group of 20+ gathered in the classroom. Morgan Bowers (who you can...

This is a common sight on our lagoons at this time of year. Often spotted redshank will wade into the water and start hunting for food in packs. Around 20 spotted redshank are currently using the reserve. Many of these are in different stages of plumages - some are even still in almost full summer plumage...

An early start for me this morning as I wanted to see what I had lured into my moth trap overnight. There are several reasons for the early start; as the air warms up, so do the moths, and they have a tendency to fly away as soon as you remove the lid, secondly, our resident pied wagtails seem to have...