• Here they come
    It’s May which means as well as singing birds and woodland flowers, it’s time for Dragonflies, and in particular, the emergence of Four-spotted Chasers at the Dragonfly Ponds. But with the cold weather...
  • Sliding into Spring
    Image Credit: Ben Andrew, RSPB Images There’s always something isn’t there? This week, it was snow. But the primroses are still out and the birds are determined that it’s Spring, so we are too. Saltholme...
  • Spring has sprung!
    This last week or so it really has felt like Spring has finally arrived. Black-headed gulls are sitting on nests out on the islands, we've got lapwing chicks on the wet grassland and our lambs have...
  • A Spring in our Step
    Image Credit: Ben Andrew, RSPB Images It may only be mid-February, but there are the first stirrings of spring at Saltholme. Trees are beginning to bud, the first of the breeding birds are beginning...
  • New Life in Spring
    Spring is marching on and signs of new life are everywhere. We observe and record much data at Saltholme, and Dean, assistant warden does regular surveys. We know that there are several lapwing nests...