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It’s been a fairly nice couple of weeks with a good deal of sunshine and some really warm days. The warm spell has made a real difference to the appearance of the reserve – it’s getting very green and there are lots of wildflowers in bloom. If you look closely, you may notice that the...

What an exciting time at Lochwinnoch! It looks like spring has finally arrived and the whole reserve is getting greener and greener with every day. Birds are singing aloud all over the trails and you may see them displaying and collecting nest material. There’s an increasing number of butterflies...

It’s been a while since our last blog update and a lot has happened in the meantime. The works on the Aird Meadow are now completed and three new channels are slowly being colonised by wildlife. Mallards , greylag geese and mute swans were all seen in the area, as well as a lapwing , a moorhen...

Wednesday 30 th of August started like many mornings this summer: with buckets of rain. Luckily, it did not last very long and by noon a glorious sun was shining on the meadow. It was turning out to be a brilliant day, but got even better with the icing on the cake: at about 1.30 a juvenile marsh harrier...

One could be forgiven for forgetting which season we’re in, given the grim weather we have had over the last few weeks. But if we take a closer look, there are tell-tale signs that despite the lack of sunshine, summer is definitely here. The mild, rainy weather has given a boost to the vegetation...

It’s that time of the year again: the season of new arrivals! Migrants have come back from their winter holidays in Africa and southern Europe and, the breeding season being well underway, chicks have started to appear at the reserve! The reserve is home to many breeding birds with 48 breeding...

I can't help but notice that I reference the weather in almost every blog I post. I know it is very British of me to be obsessed with the weather, but I do find it has an impact on much of what we do and think! I just looked out of the window, wondering what to blog about, and could only think 'oh...

Today was our annual bird ringing demonstration, and like all days that we plan to do bird ringing, it was raining. We did get a few birds including 6 chaffinches, 2 great tits, 1 blue tit and 1 dunnock, but for the most part it was too wet making the mist nets very visible to birds. However, we'd...

Hi all, I'm reporting from a rather wet, but at least not windy nature reserve today. We've been kept pretty busy over the past week or so with both good and bad (and just plain ugly!) goings on at the reserve. We'll do this in reverse order and start with the ugly. Unfortunately we...

Having just returned from holiday, I was delighted to hear about all of the interesting sightings there have been on the reserve (although a little disappointed to have missed them all!) The River Calder seems to have been a good spot to visit for the past few weeks, with regular sightings of kingfishers...

Some fantastic views of osprey on the reserve today, starting at around 9.30am, a bird was fishing over the Aird Meadow, had three diving attempts but didn't manage to catch any breakfast, It was back again by 10.30 and then again at 11am, but didn't seem to have any luck with its catching today...

Hi all, Just a quick post today to catch you up with the sightings over the weekend. Sunday was the monthly WeBS counts, which covers all of the main waterbodies in the area. On the Aird Meadow we had 4 mute swans, 3 female goosander, 3 greylag geese (which have now been hanging around for quite...