Your recent sightings at Mersehead
Your recent sightings
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If You Don't Look...
RSPB Mersehead Blog 11 th -17 th June 2022 Following a period of unseasonably windy weather, things finally settled down this week at Mersehead. We have been treated to prolonged periods of warmth and bright sunshine, which has made it possible t...
Posted 17 Jun 2022 by Mersehead -
June is Buzzing Out All Over
R.S.P.B. Mersehead Blog 3rd - 10th June 2022 Well, what an amazing week again, I'm buzzing. Bees! I've never seen so many, and now that the Birdsfoot Trefoil, Red Clover and Yellow Rattle are all in bloom, our little buzzing friends are everywher...
Posted 08 Jun 2022 by Mersehead -
Topping Up!
RSPB Mersehead blog 28 th May – 3 rd June 2022 With a heart-shaped face, buff wings and a pure ghostly white belly, the Barn Owl is a distinctive and much-loved countryside bird. Our resident Mersehead barn owl is currently hunting extensively...
Posted 03 Jun 2022 by Mersehead -
Right Place, Wrong Time
RSPB Mersehead Blog 14th - 20th May 2022 It cannot be understated what a privilege it is to wake up every day on a nature reserve, and immediately have your senses activated by the sounds of the dawn chorus. There are so many species that could b...
Posted 20 May 2022 by Mersehead -
Ringing out the Changes - Spring's in Full Swing!
RSPB Mersehead Blog 7th -13th May 2022 Well it’s certainly been a busy week at Mersehead! What a change from the classroom life of a full time primary teacher, I’m exhausted in a different way every day but I'm enjoying every minute of the...
Posted 12 May 2022 by Mersehead -
I am a Twig
RSPB Mersehead Blog 30 th April – 6 th May 2022 Mersehead has been particularly dry this spring with only 15mm of rain falling over 40 days (20 th March-29th April). This sustained period of dry and also windy weather led to the Natterjack toads...
Posted 06 May 2022 by Mersehead