It is the start of the holidays! And to mark this, we here at Frampton Marsh are once again running our egg-ceedingly popular Easter egg hunt. Come into the visitor centre and pick up an entry sheet. You'll find out that the Easter Bunny has paid...

On Wednesday our volunteers helped clear invading birch scrub and Rhododendron saplings from our valley mire. This started the discussion (mainly by Alison) of whether it was a bog or a mire. In reality it can be both, since a bog is a type of mire! Wikipedia...

28th March Great White Egret (Gerald) 1 Grazing Marsh Water Rail 8 Reedbed Ruff 61 Improved Fields Green Sandpiper 1 Grazing Marsh Barn Owl 1 Reedbed Woodlark 1 Carpark Chiffchaff 1 Reedbed 27th March Bittern...

If you're a little concerned about all the coppicing and clearing on Greylake at the moment, here's a quick update. This information is also in the hide for all our visitors. If only we could improve on the weather too! So ...Why the big fence...

Time for a Dove Stone update. Just to recap on how the Dove Stone 2013 birdlist is going, Oystercatcher was our last addition to our list posted on the blog at the beginning of March, which have continued to stay around on the main Dove Stone res. Black...