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You know, I really shouldn't know some of these cultural references. I'm much younger than that! But what a stonking weekend. OK, Saturday was a bit grey and cloudy. But wasn't Sunday a lovely day? Great to see so many people out on the reserve enjoying it. The birds did their part...

OK, so I have prematurely hailed the arrival of spring once already. But this time it is looking rather more positive. Although the wind is still a strong north-easterly today, during the weekend it is predicted to swing around to the south. This will bring in warmer (albeit wetter) weather. And hopefully...

Well, didn't we have lovely weather over the weekend? Actually no, we didn't. Cold, wet, windy... But not without interest on the wildlife front. Highlight of the weekend must be the black redstart that popped up on Saturday. First seen in the village, it was later briefly seen over by the...

The discontent being at how long the winter is lasting. No sooner do we think things are starting to warm up, then we are back to a cold spell. Just check out the weather forecast below... But despite this, as you may have seen in John's post the other day, we are starting to get "first for...

The warmer weather we have had since last weekend has sent some of our winter visitors back north for the breeding season, but it has also brought some of our summer visitors up from as far south as Africa! Our numbers of black-bellied brent geese are slowly depleting as they head back to the Siberian...

We've had a strange mixture of weather over the last week; warm and sunny one day, cold and wet the next. Luckily this hasn't phased the wildlife and there's been plenty to see on the reserve. Here's a quick run down on what's about: 70+ Whooper swans 30+ Avocets 30 x Twite...