Spring is always one of our busiest times on Otmoor, on top of the usual reserve and habitat management work we also carry out bird surveys over the whole of the moor and put a lot of effort into monitoring the ground nesting wading birds (lapwing, snipe...

In terms of wildlife, the reserve is an exciting place to be at the moment. Bumblebees and butterflies are on the wing (I saw brimstone, comma and tortoiseshell yesterday) and lots of the birds that migrate back to the UK in the spring time are being...

Otmoor is a great place for seeing brown hares. They are very active at this time of year and with the grass being so short in the fields at the moment you can often get really good views of them. Saying that though, they can also be very very good at...

We are very lucky on Otmoor to have a very healthy breeding population of lapwings. These iconic birds have suffered from changes in agriculture, land drainage, building on flood plains and global warming. In fact in England numbers have declined by 37...

Anyone visiting Otmoor at the moment should be prepared for very cold, biting winds. There isn’t much shelter on the reserve and so the wind can cuts right across the wetland fields. Despite the chilly weather however, there are some signs of spring...