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The daffodils might be poking their heads up and March is just around the corner but the past couple of weeks finally saw the arrival of winter, with snow falling at Newport Wetlands on Saturday and the scrape, lagoons and reens frozen solid. The lagoons have been eerily quiet, but that doesn’t...

Two new reports have shed new light on life on earth. The first claims to have found the world's oldest living organism and the second writes off that old phrase... 'there are plenty more fish in the sea'. The Mediteranean Sea is home to a organism that DNA testing dates as being 200,000...

Hi, I have a kingfisher nest at the bottom of my road, its lovely and i see the kingfisher at least twice a week. and often hovering or flying in wide circles arround me. But i'm a little worried about the site its chosen. As it is (i think) under a bridge on an access road to a fishing lake and...

I am determined to see a Kingfisher this year,I have tried for ages with no luck,I am in the West Midlands so is there anywhere I can go for a day out,? I have tried Sandwell Valley as I am only half an hour from there but no luck,also tried Ross on Wye and places along the River Severn,any advice would...

The reedbeds and estuary at Uskmouth are teaming with wildlife at the moment, with waders in particular putting on a real show down on the mudflats. Huge numbers of curlew , golden plover , grey plover , snipe , black tailed godwit , dunlin and knot can be seen feeding out on the foreshore, especially...

Life as a fish on Radipole Lake isn’t the bowl of cherries that many folk might have you believe. Fair enough, you have the freedom of the lake that your ability to respire underwater grants you and added to this freedom is the boon of plentiful invertebrate life to feed you and your entire extended...

Last Friday I dusted down the video equipment which we'd been using to record the recent footage of otters. In fading light just before close of play, satisfied that the kit was ready for action after the festive season shut-down, Nick and I re-installed it on one of the channels in the middle of...

As another year slowly draws to a close, it's time for my final sightings update of the year. The main news is not much change over the last few weeks. That;s not to say that it's quiet. Far from it. Just that as is usual in mid winter, most of the birds are staying put. An exception was...

If you catch a glimpse of a ghostly white shape moving slowly over the reens and grassland near the RSPB’s Newport Wetlands Visitor Centre late in the afternoon, the chances are you’ve been lucky enough to spot a barn owl . With its heart-shaped face, honey coloured back and wings, and...

The trees and hedgerows of Perry Lane are crammed with redwings and fieldfare feeding, a water pipit appears to have taken up residence in the reedbeds and the starlings are still treating us to spectacular displays – winter is well and truly here. It’s impossible to visit Newport Wetlands...

Alright, I don’t mean swimming! Luke and his colleagues, have their accommodation close to the River Vyrnwy and their route home from the office takes them along the river path. On the 14 th November a Dipper was spotted beside the Sculpture Park, and they were able to follow this beautiful...

WILDLIFE Wildlife is very enportant because they need wide open space so they are free to do whatever they want!

a multi layered picture taken at fen hide

I went out to Langford again last weekend, primarily to try to photograph some dragonflies as haven't managed many this summer but it poured with rain as I arrived and I soon ducked into a hide for shelter. I stayed there all morning, watching the swans and canada geese and chatting to people as...

Like many of you on here, I have wished for a long time to photograph a kingfisher and last week my wish was granted not once but twice :-) After work one afternoon I nipped out to Langford Lakes and spent a while in Robin's hide. I noticed in the log book that kingfishers had been seen fishing...

Hi Robert Well done you. I know exactly how you feel and I still get a thrill when I see a Kingfisher whether it's at Rye Meads or along my local river. The last time I went along my local river I saw one that went and hid in the bushes very much like your one.

Have been going to Lakenheath to see bittern (plentiful) and hear golden oriole in recent weeks so have somewhat neglected my local patch. However, Sunday morning was as rewarding a couple of hours' birding as I've had at Fowlmere, not least for the sheer beauty of the place. In terms of birding...

Hello All, Below are some photos of a very nice visit to Rye Meads. Willow Warbler Kingfisher Coot Chaffinch Blackcap Sedge Warbler Dunnock Shelduck time to reflect Mallard The end Have fun RR

Hi Keeta I'm pleased that I inspired you to return to Rye Meads. You definitely went at the right time to witness the kingfishers mating. According to the Halcyon River Diaries, the male offers the female a fish, and if she takes it then she is accepting him as her mate. So you were really...

We were walking on the sea wall at Keyhaven on the Hampshire coast. Suddenly there was a streek of fast moving electric blue. "There up there" I cried, pointing to the kingfisher hovering above a pool in the sea marsh. It was magical.

Just recently i saw my first Kingfisher, at first it was a flash of blue and as i stood looking he came to rest on a fence about 25 metres from me . we surveyed each other for only a matter of minutes but the feeling made me smile all day.

A flash of blue on a bright cold day's walk on a nearby canal. Yes - unmistakeably a kingfisher. AND -my husband managed to get a shot of it. It may not win prizes, but the beauty of a kingfisher never fails to lift our spirits.

At Leighton Moss yesterday, a flash of jewelled brilliance darting to and fro over the water, it then perched in a waterside tree to give us an amazing view of this little beauty. A kingfisher. The first we had ever seen. It was magic, pure magic.

We were walking through a car park near the Thames and my 11 year old daughter yelled, "A Kingfisher!" Sure enough a kingfisher had landed near us. We watched him dive for fish. I was so happy that she had spotted him and knew he was special!

I was just standing at the kitchen window when I saw a flash of blue, then to my delight a kingfisher landed not 4 feet away on a solar ball, after what seemed an age it flew off up stream.

I sat by the river,the world passing me by.When this little chap appeared.He sat for a moment,looked over at me.Then he was gone. This moment lasted for seconds but to me it felt like hours! I kept smiling for the rest of the day.

While leaning over a small stone bridge early one morning I was privileged to see a pair of Kingfishers dart along the surface of the river, as I was spotted the cautious one left the formation and veered off over the bank, I was left motionless.