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In his last blog Josh mentioned the work which the Saltholme estate team are doing on the Sand Martin bank. In the summer we drained the pool and removed the weed to give a clear flight path to the nest wall. Next we removed the roof to gain access to the sand behind the concrete where the Sand Martins...

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...

It may be snowing but the signs if spring are here. In the Wildlife Garden the first of the spring flowers are coming. Snowdrops , Cyclamen coum , and hellebores - Helleborus hybridus . With last winter being so dry, and the rest of the year so very wet I am pleased to see any flowers...

Hello, and happy Monday! There is plenty to do here at Saltholme this week, and we’d like to invite you and your family along to join in all the fun. You may remember that a few weeks ago I wrote about the brilliance of the Introducing Saltholme Walks . Well, if you’d like to put my recommendation...

I’ve checked, I’ve doubled checked, I’ve asked around the office and, as it turns out, it really is the end of January already! It seems mere moments ago that we were all gathered around Christmas trees, watching the Queen in 3D and peeling ourselves out of our beds at some late hour...

A quick story for you today! It’s lunch time at Saltholme. The sensible twitchers, wildlife lovers, volunteers and staff make their way to our rather wonderful cafe for some hot food to keep them going through the rest of the afternoon. I am one of them, and I’ve ordered some tea and...

Gardens. We have a tendency to take them for granted, don't we? Over the years, my garden at home has played host to a variety of species. I’ve been able to spot foxes, field mice, squirrels, rabbits, cats, an escaped dog and its exasperated owner, hedgehogs and a particularly aggressive...

Happy Monday! Here at Saltholme we like a Monday, and this Monday is a particularly special one. Why? Well really, we're hurt you haven't remembered: it’s our birthday! No, don’t apologise. It’s okay! We weren’t expecting a gift anyway. Four years enjoying our beautiful...

It has been rather cold and the frost and snow have not allowed us to do the winter tasks as we would like, but instead the estate team volunteers have been doing odd jobs. Bottom tank having been fenced off for our Shetland sheep to graze, we have to have a manger to give them hay in snowy weather....

Seems like we don't have to wait for autumn for flocks of starlings. There seem to be some good-sized gangs around just now.

It may have been a wild and stormy day, but it didn't stop this swan looking elegant!

Two showing nicely in the open yesterday morning.

Another of the owls on view yesterday.

Three were on view when I called in though another two were later found.

A little flock on the way back from staring at the long-eared owls staring at us staring at them...

Four seen on the reserve this morning.

Four seen this morning.