Your recent sightings at Minsmere
Your recent sightings
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Insects on cue
This week is National Insect Week, and it's certainly been a great week for insect sightings at Minsmere, from butterflies to moths, bees to wasps, dragonflies to beetles. First, the really exciting news is that Digger Alley is open for business....
Posted 23 Jun 2022 by Ian Barthorpe -
Summer heat opens Digger Alley
Summer is always an exciting time for insect lovers, with a great variety of butterflies, dragonflies, bees, wasps and other species on the wing. I saw my first silver-washed fritillaries of the year along the Woodland Trail yesterday and expect t...
Posted 18 Jun 2022 by Ian Barthorpe -
Ascending in song
Our regular series of blogs exploring collective nouns returns after a short break with a look at one of our most familiar birds. I say familiar, but most people probably haven't had good close views of skylarks. You will, however, almost certainl...
Posted 14 Jun 2022 by Ian Barthorpe -
Things in unexpected places
One of the joys of being able to regularly spend time walking around the reserve is that I get to know where certain species are most likely to be seen. For example, I almost expect to hear a Cetti's warbler about halfway along the North Wall or...
Posted 10 Jun 2022 by Ian Barthorpe -
More than just birds
I love this time of year. Every walk around the reserve produces a new sighting for the year. While bird migration may be winding down for the spring (though southbound wader migration will start in just a few weeks), there are more and more new...
Posted 26 May 2022 by Ian Barthorpe -
Casting for a show
It's time, once again, to take a look at some of the collective nouns associated with wildlife, and this week I'm turning the focus on falcons, and more specifically hobbies. There are four species of falcon that breed in the UK: peregrine, kestre...
Posted 24 May 2022 by Ian Barthorpe