Your recent sightings at Blacktoft Sands
Your recent sightings
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Teetering on the Brink, cool weather delays spring
Just a reminder that the reserve is shut to all visitors and locked down for only essential management duties such as shepherding the livestock, however I've managed a few photo's during my brief visits and checks that the ponies and site are all...
Posted 01 Apr 2020 by Pete Short -
Nature at Home (a guest blog)
You may know that I did request people to write a guest blog to help keep everyone's spirits up in the current situation and for people to help me out a little, well here is the first blog from our neighbour Andrew who felt inspired to put 'pen to...
Posted 27 Mar 2020 by Pete Short -
Isolation - lock down but not out, we will be back!
Well most but maybe not all by from what I'm hearing have already heard about the national lock down, here on the Sands we closed our gates seven days ago and went into lock down knowing what was almost a certainty to come as it has now. Nobody...
Posted 24 Mar 2020 by Pete Short -
A virtual update - spring is most defiantly here
As many of you will already have heard unfortunately we have had to close the reserve due to Corona virus concerns mainly due to the issue of contamination within the hides and toilets of surfaces where the virus can survive for long periods . It...
Posted 19 Mar 2020 by Pete Short -
Sad to say the reserve is now closed for the foreseeable future
Following the latest government advice we have made the difficult decision to close the reserve as at end of play today 18/03/2020. This is to prioritise the health and welfare of our staff, volunteers, supporters and members of the public. Its be...
Posted 18 Mar 2020 by Pete Short -
Its alive! Spring floods brings an amazing bird bounty
Our cup is certainly running over at the moment with yet another massive series of tides and currently most of the reserve paths flooded to above wellington height and therefore closed. However, we have endeavoured to keep the site open as Ousefle...
Posted 12 Mar 2020 by Pete Short
