Another bumper week of sightings on the reserve this week, with yet again plenty to report. In fact one of our volunteers and local birdwatcher Joe Cockram got over 90 species from Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath on his visits to the reserves on Monday. That's...

Here's a couple of late submissions (photos by John Crispin) for this week, which I though were well worth sharing. Thanks John. An Arctic Tern checks out our Tern Raft. (taken this morning) Common Sandpiper on one of the small rafts in...

Spring has finally sprung for good this week and what a week it's been on the reserve, with an awful lot to report. The warmer weather of the last week to 10 days has made an amazing difference to the reserve. There are warblers galore along the...

You may have noticed a new raft floating in Waltons this week. It is a temporary Tern Raft made out of our pontoon blocks. We use this throughout the winter to build bridges to access the reedbed to undertake management work. This time of year the habitat...

Firstly, please accept my apologies for the missing blog last Friday, I was away from work for the whole week, so this week we have a bit of catching up to do. Overview of last week (30th Mar-5th April) Sand Martins and Swallows continued to arrive...