Last year we built a raft which we floated out into the northern phase of the reedbed to try and attract common terns into nesting. They didn’t nest last year, possibly because we got the raft out a bit too late, but this time around we got it out...

There are lots of flowers brightening up the moor at the moment and the photos below were taken during my early morning bird survey yesterday morning. The photos below were all taken on Asham Meads, a Wildlife Trust site on the north east side of the...

You never quite know what you’re going to see on the moor and so it was a nice surprise to come across a field vole nest yesterday. It had at least 5, very young pink vole pups snuggled up in it. The nest was tucked away in a hole I’d buried...

Yesterday’s lapwing nest monitoring showed that most nests inside the anti-predator fence have now hatched. We now just have to hope that the small balls of fluff can make it through the next few weeks until they fledge and are able to fly. Lapwing...

It's always exciting at this time of year when the lapwing nests start to hatch out. Five of the nests have hatched so far, with more due to follow soon. The first picture below shows a typical egg following hatching, with the 'flat' end of...