Recent sightings

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• Wildlife Sightings April/May

  2 ring ouzels were seen on the heath on Friday the 13 th  April. The ring ouzel (or “mountain blackbird”) were stopping off on their migration up north to breed in the hills and mountains of Northern England and Scotland, this was a new record for...

  Posted 22 May 2018 by Matt T

• Wildlife sightings 17/11/17

  Winter wildlife has started to return to Broadwater Warren in the last few weeks. Look out for flocks of finches on the heath, a mixed flock of 40+ chaffinches and linnets has been seen feeding on the heathland near gate 1 and you never know if a...

  Posted 17 Nov 2017 by Matt T

• Wildlife sightings 21/07/17

  Its a quiet time of year at the moment for birds on the reserve. But despite this a few interesting things have been seen in the last month. A king fisher was seen at decoy pond as well as grey wagtails on both decoy and the pond on the northern...

  Posted 21 Jul 2017 by Matt T

• Wildlife Sightings 08/06/17

  A honey buzzard was reported by a member of the public Alex Reiss, he saw the bird fly off from the track on the way to the heathland viewpoint. He and his dad George managed to get some record shots which show the distinctive tail pattern of the...

  Posted 08 Jun 2017 by Matt T

• Successful Sleepy Dormouse Hunt

  The adults and children who joined our licence holders on the Sleepy Dormouse Hunt on Saturday all had the chance to see these wonderful animals close-up. The looks on the children's faces as they cradled a sleepy dormouse in their hands was...

  Posted 23 May 2017 by Alan

• Exmoor Ponies are back for the summer

  The Exmoor ponies have been welcomed back on the reserve, 15 ponies are here for the summer to graze the heath. They do an important job on keeping the purple moor grass grazed as well as taking some of the scrub, this all creates perfect habitat...

  Posted 05 May 2017 by Matt T