Print pageSeasonal highlights
Each season brings a different experience at our nature reserves. In spring, the air is filled with birdsong as they compete to establish territories and attract a mate. In summer, look out for young birds making their first venture into the outside world. Autumn brings large movements of migrating birds - some heading south to a warmer climate, others seeking refuge in the UK from the cold Arctic winter. In winter, look out for large flocks of birds gathering to feed, or flying at dusk to form large roosts to keep warm.
Spring
Golden eagles and choughs nest-building, geese migrating north, spring migrants returning for summer.
Summer
Young choughs begging for food around the coast, juvenile golden eagles leaving their nests, bumblebees and hoverflies foraging for pollen and nectar on herb-rich field verges.
Autumn
Flocks of farmland birds in stubble field and cover crops, raptors hunting over the fields, choughs feeding in fields and around the coast.
Winter
Flocks of farmland birds in stubble field and cover crops, raptors hunting over the fields, choughs feeding in fields and around the coast.