Nature is unpredictable If someone had asked me at the start of 2013 which species of dragonfly or damselfly would I expect to see the most of this year, I would have answered without hesitation, “The Common blue damselfly”. In 2012...

Our gallery is teeming with life as usual! The reserve certainly has a number of excellent photographers snooping around the undergrowth or perusing from the hide. Then again Hodbarrow is just so Photogenic! If anyone takes any photos while on the reserve...

Hi All, We have two walks as part of the Black Combe walking festival. The first is a guided walk around the reserve Monday 27th of May 10.30 or a family walk on Thursday 30th of May. Have a look on the website for more details. There are lot's...

Our terns are back!!! On Monday I had reports of 7 Little Terns at Hodbarrow a bit later in the week there were a few more and yesterday I had a high count of 20 on the island. Last year we had 13 as a peak count so it's looking good! Could this be...

What a great time of year it is just now! It was a nice (hot almost) day here yesterday at Hodbarrow and the birds were everywhere. We now have migrants everywhere in the scrub with several whitethroat and sedge warblers being noisy throughout the reserve...