Hi RSPB Mersehead community, I'm just back from a short break and so much has happened on the reserve in two weeks! The barnacle geese left this time last week, Friday 10th May. They have flown to Svalbard to breed and will return to the Solway coast...

Hi everyone, here's a blog from Dan, our newest long term residential volunteer at Mersehead. My name is Dan Snowdon, and I’m volunteering at RSPB Mersehead for 6 months this summer. I’ve been here a month now and it’s been great...

Here's a blog by one of our current residential volunteers Jim Beattie: In mid April, after being involved with the RSPB Residential Voluntary Wardening scheme for 21 years and assisting at over 18 reserves or locations, I headed for Mersehead...

Hi all, It may not feel like summer yet, but we're seeing some of our summer migrants arriving; swallow, house martin, sand martin, wheatear, chiffchaff and willow warbler have all been seen on the reserve in the last couple of days. Black cap...

What a difference a week makes! It was with some trepidation that I set off from Leeds last Monday to begin two weeks of residential volunteering at RSPB Mersehead. I had been trying to reach the reserve for three days, but the deep snow made it impossible...