Some good highlights this week as more birds are passing through or arriving. Whimbrel : The highlight of the week with 4 birds perched on the dam for a couple of hours on Wednesday evening Swift : The first birds have arrived and are screaming...

On April 2 nd 2012 I officially started my 18 month traineeship with the RSPB, at the magnificent Saltholme reserve. The traineeship is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund – they do both ecology and visitor services traineeships. I am the latter...

Hello, it's the weekend again so today's blog, as usual, is full of your fab photos! There have been quite a few interesting 'landings' from birds this week. On Wednesday we had turnstones , dunlin , grey plover , bar tailed godwits...

Essex bird artist Richard Allen (who painted our wonderful river wall, bus stop and Ken Barrett Hide murals) has an exhibition of his work in the Purfleet Hide from today through to the 28th May. Magnificent portraits and wildlife scenes. It costs nothing...

So as you would know from seeing my (very quick) last post, the peregrines' eggs have hatched! On Monday this week we saw two, possibly three, lots of food brought to the nest site, which is a very reassuring sign of many chicks, also known as eyasses...