RSPB Arne's Big Wild Sleep Out BACK for 2022! After a two year hiatus, the opportunity to camp out under the stars was back at RSPB Arne for the summer of 2022-read our blog post to hear how it all went and what everyone got up to!

A series of monthly blogs by Midnight Sparkle, Inside Arne gives you exclusive insight into some of the work that is vital to help manage and maintain the RSPB’s wonderful Dorset reserves. Each month, this blog series will feature a different member of the team, be they staff or volunteer, sharing personal stories and behind-the-scenes knowledge.

 

Hyde’s Heath from a volunteer’s perspective: An interview with A…

A series of monthly blogs, Inside Arne gives you exclusive insight into some of the work that is vital to help manage and maintain the RSPB’s wonderful Dorset reserves.

A series of monthly blogs, Inside Arne gives you exclusive insight into some of the work that is vital to help manage and maintain the RSPB’s wonderful Dorset reserves.

With it being #NationalVolunteersWeek we thought we would catch up with one of ours to see what it's like to be part of the team here at RSPB Arne. We chatted to Samuel, one of our Visitor Experience team members, about his time as a residential volunteer and now a working-from-home volunteer as well as some of his favourite moments at RSPB Arne...

Quick introductions, tell us about yourself and how long you’ve been…

OUR BLOGS ARE BACK! Whilst searching through the depths of our website we stumbled across blog posts from way back in 2017 and we thought that it was about time that we updated some things!

 

So here we are, mid-March 2020, spring is here and we have the sightings to prove it! Chiffchaffs have been calling, brimstone and peacock butterflies have been seen fluttering, Dartford warblers have been nest building (great photo…

 

Spoonbills by Simon Kidner

Shipstall trails

• 6x Spoonbill
• Greenshank
• Redshank
• Curlew
• 30x Little Egret
• Green woodpecker
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Wheatear
• Kingfisher
• Sandwich tern
• 50x Cormorant

 

Coombe trails

• Meadow pipit
• c500 Black-tailed Godwit
• 2x Marsh Harrier
• 4x Willow warbler
• Little Egret
• Greenshank
• Shellduck
• c100 Redshank
• Buzzard
• Osprey
• 2x Hobby
• 27x Spoonbill
• Peregrine fa…

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News covers all the latest sightings, visitors photographs, events plus other local wildlife information from nearby reserves such as RSPB Lytchett Fields and other parts of Poole Harbour. Please feel free to tweet your sightings to us so that we can spread the word plus we love…

Did you see the film on last night's #Winterwatch about the elusive cranes?! Well our very own Damon Bridge was their guide on the day and here's his brilliant blog about the experience... 5.30am, January 10 th , and a long steady wade on a...

Last night saw the final #Winterwatch broadcast live all week from our fog-swathed RSPB Arne. RSPB's Jamie Wyver shares the Top Ten Wild Facts he learnt from episode four - so for the last time...Lights, Camera, Action! The fog which had been...

Carla Taylor is a fibre artist situated in the heart of the Dorset countryside who creates contemporary sustainable wool sculptures inspired by the animals and landscape of the British countryside and coastline using the technique of needle felting, where...

Emma Rance, Marine Conservation Officer for Dorset Wildlife Trust, tells us why Holes Bay Nature Park is a top spot for wintering birds in Poole Harbour You’d be forgiven for overlooking Holes Bay saltmarsh and mud flats as you travel upon Poole’s...

Barn Owls are one of the many wildlife stars of BBC Winterwatch, and close neighbors in the BBC studio at RSPB Arne Nature reserve. The RSPB’s Tony Whitehead share’s a few secrets about these well known birds … Seeing a barn owl...

RSPB's Martin Fowlie, gives us the low-down on last night's jam packed Winterwatch at RSPB Arne... Today was the day the fog finally lifted…. but only after lunch. We had another morning of frost, cold temperatures and minimal visibility...

RSPB’s Chris Dieck reveals just how many different species rely on RSPB Arne's heathland habitats as their home ... RSPB Arne covers around 550 hectares, this represents almost 1% of lowland heath in England. It is thought that we have lost...

Lin Baldock, Dorset Seasearch Coordinator working with Dorset Wildlife Trust, reveals the incredible, wormy forests that exist just below Poole Harbours waves... Below the placid surface of some of the sheltered channels of Poole Harbour and especially...

RSPB's Martin Fowlie visits Arne for the very first time this week. Here he shares what he's discovered about the nature reserve from last night's second #Winterwatch... Another cold and foggy day at RSPB Arne today. We haven’t seen...

Zoё McMinn, Heathland Mitigation and Grazing Warden for the Borough of Poole, reveals Canford Heath's VIP Visitor! Across the Poole harbour from wildlife-rich RSPB Arne, Canford Heath silently stands watch. Whilst its swathes of reptiles hibernate...

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud! By RSPB’s Tony Whitehead Poole Harbour is one of the best birdwatching estuaries in the UK, and currently featured on BBC Winterwatch. But what makes it such a special place, and why are there so many birds here in winter...

RSPB Arne’s Dartford Warblers by Chris Baker, RSPB It is a truth universally acknowledged that a bird with a liking for gorse must be in want of a folk name beginning with furze. Dartford warbler (1) by Terry Bagley Stonechats and whinchats...

RSPB's Katie Phoenix is at RSPB Arne this week, bringing us the special #Winterwatch magic! Here's her low-down of last night's first show... Last night saw the return of the highly anticipated Winterwatch 2017 with Chris, Michaela and...

Charlotte Rose, Natural England Team Leader for Dorset, shares with us the exciting Urban Heaths Partnership Project, which Natural England are part of. Negotiations between Natural England (NE) and partners began in 2006/2007 to look at how the new...

Rachel Lamb, National Trust Visitor Services and Enterprises Assistant, tells us about Brownsea Island Lagoon and the Impact of Climate Change and Sea Level Rises there. Brownsea Island Lagoon is a quiet, undisturbed haven, yet within a short distance...

Winter Water birds at RSPB Arne by Chris Baker, RSPB Wanna cry, wanna croon / Wanna laugh like a loon When songwriter Yip Harburg wanted a lyric that was bewitching, eerie and freighted with topsy-turvy emotions he turned to the loon. His song...

Tomorrow evening, BBC TWO, 8pm, the BBC return to RSPB Arne - this time to broadcast Winterwatch live from our stunning Dorset reserve. RSPB Arne is one of the most wildlife rich reserves in the UK and it proved a big hit with Autumnwatch viewers (hopefully...