Seven people attended the first of our public guided walks last Sunday. The group was made up of members of Kismet Theatre Company and members of RSPB Mansfield Local Members Group.
The strong winds proved a little challenging, however, we still managed to enjoy watching and listening to the meadow pipits and skylarks displaying, as well as good views of brown hares jumping ditches and lapwings chasing off crows.
The highlight of the afternoon though, had to be seeing a water vole in one of the ditches along the roadside on the way back to the Willow Works. Forum member Ray (birdbubs) has uploaded some great images of water voles in these ditches on our community web page. Armed with this knowledge, we scanned the ditches finding numerous burrow entrances, until we saw a vole sitting on the bank, shortly before it made its escape under water.
The next 'Discover Beckingham Marshes' guided walk is on Sunday 14th July. Further details can be found on our web page.