Winter is always an interesting time of year and the recent cold spell has brought about a lot of unusual bird movements across Dorset. As soon as the snow hit there was a a huge increase in the number of redwings and fieldfares around the reserve and...

Blimey - The weather forecast was right and Dorset is under a blanket of snow. The car park is empty but being a conscientious bunch we have made sure that the visitor hut is still being manned! It was a long walk up the Arne road this morning but...

It is a new year and the keener bird watchers are staring their year lists where they try and see as many different species of birds in one year. Arne has had a fantastic start to the year bird wise and those who have come out to add ticks to their list...

Well that's another year gone by at Arne and it certainly has been an unusual one mainly due to the incredible amount of rain we had! I remember in March I was standing in the car park in my shorts and a national drought had just been announced but...

We have had a very wet few days on the reserve and I thought for a moment that the Isle of Purbeck was going to float off in to the English Channel! I have got my fingers crossed for better weather in the new year and Arne is great place to come and work...