Last week we did our first check of the year of our 200 dormouse nestboxes. We found just 3 animals which is way down on previous years. It may be that the prolonged cold weather into April has meant that dormice are emerging from hibernation later this...

Broadwater has a lot of drying out to do and this week's work party volunteers spent a lot of their time on water- and mud-related activities. Jobs done included unblocking a culvert, moving an interpretation board that was disappearing into a pool...

Exmoor Ponies have returned to the nature reserve to help us with the restoration of the heath. They will spend the next 6 months eating heathland weeds, breaking up dense vegetation and puddling the edges of our new ponds. Three of the ponies arriving...

Emma was a hard act to follow after her Easter cakes for the Saturday volunteer work party team, but Sally rose to the challenge and the Tuesday team enjoyed a real treat (see below). Now it' the birds turn to produce some eggs and we can only hope...

A few years ago a visitor asked me if the rumour was true that the RSPB was running out of money for its work at Broadwater and intended to sell off parts of the reserve for house-building. I assured him it wasn't true and the amount of work done...