Hi again
After a couple of gorgeous spring-like days, Valentine’s Day dawned cloudy and cooler. Typical, because I was leading a family walk to look for early signs of spring, but it felt more like later winter again. Despite that, we heard as few birds singing, saw marsh harriers, muntjac and flowering gorse. The snowdrops and daffodils are out too, and although we didn’t see any, there have been several sightings of bitterns today.
Tuesday was quite noisy in the Visitor Centre. Why? Because 50 children were busy making nestboxes from kits to celebrate National Nestbox Week. They had plenty of fun, but the volunteers’ ears were ringing for the rest of the day.
Our next big children’s event is the re-launch of the Minsmere RSPB Wildlife Explorers club on Saturday 1 March. We’re expecting lots of families to come along.
It’s been great to see so many enthusiastic children at Minsmere this week, enjoying the lovely half term holiday weather. Hopefully, many of them will become the conservationists and birdwatchers of the future, helping to keep places like Minsmere special for generations to come. It makes me wish I’d had more chances to visit Minsmere more often when I was younger.