Your recent sightings at Burton Mere Wetlands
Your recent sightings
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Reserve round-up: week commencing10 May
Recent Sightings With the height of spring here, the reserve feels at its best with bluebells in full bloom, avocet chicks hatching and lots of warblers singing. The weather has been keeping us on our toes with regular changes of blustery rain...
Posted 11 May 2021 by Katie E -
Early birding around Burton
Despite the traditional bank holiday weekend blip, we’ve enjoyed some unseasonably dry weather so far this spring. That’s not such good news for managing a wet grassland site like Burton Mere Wetlands for breeding waders, but it’s presented many...
Posted 03 May 2021 by Dan Trotman -
Reserve round-up: week commencing 19 April
Recent sightings The reserve is just absolutely buzzing with wildlife right now. Every day we get reports of stoats across the reserve and water vole sightings have increased too. With this gorgeously warmer weather, we have had at least eight...
Posted 22 Apr 2021 by Megan B -
Reserve round-up: week commencing 5 April
Posted on behalf of Katie Ellis Recent sightings There’s been plenty to keep us busy at the reserve over the last few weeks! We’ve been welcoming back our spring birds, replacing Bridge screen and relaunching our visitor welcome along with lots of...
Posted 08 Apr 2021 by Dan Trotman -
Reserve round-up: week commencing 15 March
Recent sightings This is a great time of year, with the reserve just bursting at the seams with wildlife. The team have been spotting the new spring arrivals, trying to catch the last glimpse of our winter birds and watching out for those birds...
Posted 20 Mar 2021 by Megan B -
Reserve round-up: February 2021
Posted on behalf of Katie Ellis Recent sightings We’ve seen February off with some bright skies and the feeling that spring has sprung! The reserve is transforming with spring scenes and sounds all around; songs from our well-known songbirds are...
Posted 03 Mar 2021 by Dan Trotman
