Elmley is definitely living up to its reputation as a winter wildfowl spectacular! If you wrap up warm and make the walk down to the reserve (particularly good either side of high tide) you will see thousands of Wigeon and Teal – particularly from...

Hello, bit of a Blogger change for what will probably be the last update of the year. I’m Graham Hill one of the regular volunteers on the Elmley reserve. In the last post Lyndsey, said it was feeling wintery, well, it has well and truly arrived...

It is really beginning to feel wintery on the reserve. Raptors are really making their presence known with Hen Harrier, Merlin, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Shorteared Owls and Barn Owls all spotted over the weekend by visitors. From Spitend Hide the...

Many may have noticed this year that we have had no trouble raising our water levels. Plenty of rain has meant that the reserve is possibly looking the wettest that most can remember. This is fantastic as it has created a great habitat for the winter...

It is getting to the time of year where we start seeing the marsh looking like everyone supposes a marsh should look like.....very wet. With all the rain we have had over the last couple of weeks it is not surprising that the water levels have risen and...