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On April 2 nd 2012 I officially started my 18 month traineeship with the RSPB, at the magnificent Saltholme reserve. The traineeship is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund – they do both ecology and visitor services traineeships. I am the latter – a visitor services trainee! My job is...

It’s about time we updated you on all the exciting lambing activity that has been going on in our sheep shed recently! Our newest arrivals are a tiny set of triplets born this morning; quite a handful considering this is first time this ewe has ever lambed! Our grand total now stands at 18 lambs...

Phew! I'm still catching my breath after a busy half term week. I lost count at how many times I said the word 'welly' through the week, though I'm sure it went into the millions by Saturday :D Visitor numbers were pretty good throughout the week, more especially so at the start of...

Hello and happy half term! We hope you’re all looking forward to the first proper school holiday of the year: a time for resting the brain, recharging, and having lots of fun to keep that all important get-up-and-go on track. Of course Saltholme is always keen to provide plenty of fun for young...

Posted on behalf of Amanda Martin, our Community Outreach Officer : On Sunday 3 rd February the Saltholme Wildlife Explorers began a session to learn about the five species of owl we have in the UK and ended up making an important discovery about small mammals in and around Saltholme nature reserve...

Ah, the humble Wellington Boot. First introduced in 19 th Century and named after the much loved Duke of Wellington, something of a fashion icon of his time, the Welly was orginally made out of tight calfskin and designed to compliment a new clothing trend: the gentleman’s trouser. With the...

We did it! Not only did we get to the final of the National Lottery Good Causes Awards: Education category, we won the top prize! Well done to all the other fantastic projects nominated for this award. We are proud to share the finalists stage with Plugged In Magazine and Jubilee Time After Time ...

Our Sensational Scandinavian Christmas is less than a week away! Here is a heads up of what we have planned and why we are going Scandinavian this Christmas... Many of the bird on site at the moment like the dazzling waxwings , fieldfares , redwings , and even the starlings , blackbirds and robins...

Tune in tomorrow to see Saltholme in the spotlight! A short film featuring many of our Wildlife explorers and Phoenix members will be aired on the BBC’s National Lottery Draw show this Saturday night. There is also some fantastic footage of the reserve on the film and if you were out or browsing...