Recent sightings

Your recent sightings

• Of Hives and Hornets

  Over the last six weeks our volunteers have been eagerly watching a hornet's nest down on the path that leads from the Hide to the Tame River. With cameras ready in hand they've headed down each weekend to record its progress, documenting the...

  Posted 21 Sep 2018 by Alex S

• The elusive butterfly and other tales

  Spring is late this year and every time we cleared the snow on the reserve we had more a week later, but last Sunday was warm and pleasant so we set off to Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham to find our first butterfly of the year. The bees were activ...

  Posted 05 Apr 2018 by Alex S

• Spring, spring, spring!

  After being hit by stormy winds and snowy blizzards from the east, we’re all waiting in anticipation for spring to finally arrive. The lake is no longer frozen over, the birds are happily chirping away and the sunshine is now beginning to appear...

  Posted 16 Mar 2018 by Alex S

• Sandwell snipe almost steal the show... but not quite

  I often say that I always leave Sandwell Valley as a volunteer with a new memory which will often stay with me for a while – last Friday in the hide was no exception – a joyful couple of hours in the afternoon with two memories.   We had a few sni...

  Posted 01 Mar 2018 by Alex S

• Winter Weather and Super Sightings

  After a month or so of snow and frost icing over the car park and freezing part of our lake, we’re back into full swing here at RSPB Sandwell and looking forward to what the New Year will bring. The plants and weeds by the visitor centre windows...

  Posted 19 Jan 2018 by Alex S

• Enter the Dragonfly

  We've had some absolutely fantastic finds during the last month at RSPB Sandwell. Although the weather's been touch and go, summer one day and autumn the next, nature has bloomed all around us and many species have made a home at the reserve. This...

  Posted 12 Aug 2017 by Alex S