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We are so used to hearing positive feedback that news of a digruntled family worried me terribly.

I was making my way to one of our hides when I heard quite a commotion in the hedgerow to my right. The cause of the unrest turned out to be a family of wrens who were clearly unhappy about something. On closer inspection the 'something' turned out to be our friend the weasel! Obviously the wrens weren't so pleased about the visitor but the 'handsome intruder' soon got the message and went on his way.

As the Autumn draws in it's likely that you'll see more and more birdlife in your gardens, with any luck some wrens will be among them. Perhaps start having a think about what you can feed them as food becomes more and more scarce in the winter. With exactly on month till Feed the Birds Day with the RSPB it's time to start stocking up on seeds to attract visitors old and new...

I hope that a few of you managed to catch 'The National Lottery Big 7' on Saturday 5 September to watch RSPB Old Moor win a cash prize and a hefty award. If you did, you will have seen muggins here one or two times, but sadly without the promised wellie-boots! (We weren't allowed - far too dangerous!)

I hope that if you did vote for us you were not too disappointed. At least you got to see some real conservation bodies in all their finery! 

We're thrilled to bits and can already feel the swell of support for our work manifested in visitor numbers on the reserve. If you caught a glimpse of it on the programme and liked what you saw, next time you're in the area, come and check out the reserve (and wildlife garden) for yourself.