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Is the stress of Christmas shopping getting you down? Well, here's a brilliant photo by Andrew Parkinson to brighten up your day. Just look at that little nose! If this furry fellow isn't enough for you, you can find lots more wonderful wildlife photos in our image library.

Today was very wet and windy on the reserve with the odd hail shower added for good measure, but the wildlife (birds especially) definitely made up for it. Views from Sandgrounder's out across the marsh were difficult first thing but eight European white fronted geese were spotted in amongst the...

Following on from a number of facebook, twitter and e-mail queries I thought I should write a small up-date on the blog concerning those birds that were on the BBC Springwatch web-cams. There is now little activity at the heronry with only occasional birds coming in to roost with lots of juvenile herons...

Stoat It was meant to be a photo of a hare I took last week It's there now Stoat. What a great photo of a hare :-)

Well today started with another sighting of our friendly hare running along the path in front of reception. Then down on marshland, we had a spotted redshank (in full summer plumage), those black-tailed godwits , the noisy avocets (and chicks), sedge and reed warblers along those reeds. This afternoon...

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We are all a bit Springwatch crazy here which, hopefully, is forgivable. The living green roof went onto the studio today and the ultra rustic balcony takes shape. But it’s not difficult here to bring yourself down...

Hello All, Below are a few photos of interest on a visit to the reserve today . A Yellow Wagtail. A Little Grebe nest building. A Bar-tailed Godwit which may be sitting on eggs. A Hare enjoying the sun. A Redshank. A Sheep in fantastic condition...

During recent weeks we have noticed that we have a hare that appears between the bushes in front of our reception hide. The hare appears almost every day at almost the exact same time - 4pm. Can it keep this up? What happens when the clocks change next week?

Hi Rob I can't find any specific sites mentioned in West Midlands, but the hare is found across the UK and it's habitats are covered on Wikepedia and on many other sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/European_Hare The best way to go would be to look up all of the reserves in your...

Another photo by Rachael Theaker. This is a great time of year to get views of hares at Blacktoft. Look up at Ousefleet.

After sitting for a while, the hare must have realised that the water was going to continue rising, so he made a break for the bank. It was a surprisingly good swimmer!

Morning all, Just returned from the first bird survey of the Barr Loch this year, and what a fab morning we've had! Started out at 6am (starting to drop off as I type!) and had loads of great sightings all the way round. In total (numbers refer to singing birds), we had 84 sedge warblers, 18 willow...

Mind your heads in the Glaslyn Osprey hide, the swallows are back and building, along with the cuckoo which has been heard in the valley this week - it’s a sign of summer arriving. On Sunday the grass got the splash of rain its been waiting for, and we’re now hoping for a spurt in greenery...

in Shropshire

checking me out from the sea of green! Taken in Shropshire.

munching again in Shropshire

in Shropshire

munching in a cereal field in Shropshire

Taken in January in Shropshire! Hoping my new camera with better zoom will give better results next spring!!

One of the brown hares I see regularly.