“Oh Heck, it’s the Grim Reaper!”… Just one of many comments I received today whilst trimming the paths around the reserve. To be fair, the rather mean looking long handled sickle I was using is quite reaper-ish – It does...

Hello friends ;-) Here we are again for a daily update of the Old Moor inhabitants .. Another brief affair today though .. On the Wader Scrape were 5 little-ringed plovers, a ringed plover and a kingfisher .. Reported from the Mere were 4...

Today four green sandpipers were at ARC viewing screen, a little ringed plover at Dennis's hide and nine black-tailed godwits flew from Denge Marsh to Burrowes pit. A cuckoo was herd along the return trail.

Fledged birds seem to be everywhere now and some birds are far easier to see than usual with redstart families feeding frantically throughout the woodlands. Great spotted woodpeckers have been bringing their young close to our bird feeder, a lesser spotted...

...you will be struck by how quiet it is. Most of our woodland birds seem to have fledged young and have disappeared into the canopy-very different from last week when birds seemed to be everywhere. However, craning ones neck to look up to the canopy...