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That's what nearly 30 wildlife experts and a few hundred reserve visitors identified at Strumpshaw Fen during our week long Bioblitz which ended yesterday. The provisional total species count includes 345 vascular plants, 208 moths, 76 birds, 70 beetles, 59 true flies, 53 fungi and lichens, 51...

Ray Mears has been exploring Strumpshaw Fen with a film crew for the past 3 days. No, he's not been sleeping in the woods or foraging for wild food, just enthusing about the fantastic wildlife that can be found here. They encountered bitterns, swallowtails, water rails, chinese water deer, barn...

Hoorah, the Swallowtails are back again. The first butterfly of the second brood was spotted last week and there have been sightings nearly every day since then. Depending on the weather, hopefully they should be around until the end of September - however if they get too wet they may not survive that...

We're getting so many requests for information about swallowtails through the office now I think we can assume the word is out about how good Strumpshaw is to see Britain's largest butterfly. They're on the wing and last Saturday a few were showing really well around the back of reception...