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I couldnt resist the obscure reference to a 1980's hit single by the band Wax and sorry if you have never heard of them!!! It has been more of a re-building job needed really on the Island Hide bridge. A few weeks ago we found that it was more springy that usual and went to investigate. What we...

Taken: 23rd July, 2012.

Taken: 23rd July, 2012.

Taken: 23rd July, 2012.

I have had great fun out of the office this morning getting wet and muddy opening up some areas of reed near the Island Hide. The plan is that water rails, young bearded tits or even a rare spotted crake may use this sheltered area to feed in this autumn. The area has been cut so that is can be viewed...

This adult male Pintail was dabbling very close to the freshwater island hide.

Summer teal is one of the local names for the garganey. Similar in size to the common teal and a summer visitor, it is a pretty good name. The majority of garganey arrive back in the UK during March and April although the first migrants can arrive in the south as early as Ferbuary. Most of the European...

…is one of the cries I have heard from photographers in the Island Hide this week! Their problem is that the birds have been feeding too close to the hide and that they can’t fit the whole bird into the shot. Despite the hide being busy, the four little stints have often been found feeding...

Well both actually. We have been lucky enough to have both snipe species on the reserve for the last week or so. The common snipe, or full snipe as it used to be known, is a regular bird at Titchwell Marsh and can be seen almost all year round. Numbers of these birds do increase during the winter...

"Why are the water levels so low?" "Why are the water levels so high?" These are questions you always get asked when working on a wetland. Currently the water levels on the fresh marsh are low. Why? We have target water levels for each month/season, in each area of the reserve...