• Frozen in Tarn
    . . . well about 60% of the lake surface was frozen, thankfully the birds were not frozen this chilly, windless, sunny day. A count today revealed the usual groups, if slightly lower numbers of, Mallard...
  • A rare, all-black, diving seaduck, called a Common Scoter, is an exciting new sighting at RSPB Geltsdale
    Common Scoters have been seen on the tarn at RSPB Geltsdale this spring. This dark, diving seaduck is often seen in large groups, bobbing offshore and feeding far out to sea, or flying in long, straggling...
  • Witness the spectacle of Great Crested Grebes performing their courtship ritual on the tarn at RSPB Geltsdale
    A pair of Great Crested Grebes have been spotted on the tarn at RSPB Geltsdale, preening and displaying in the spring sunshine. These elegant water birds were featured on the 'freshwater' episode of Wild...
  • Residential Volunteering at the Geltsdale RSPB Reserve in Cumbria
    by Stephanie from Hamburg, Germany: Work and duties As I am volunteering in September, it seems that most of the work to do with birds is already over and done with so that my duties here...
  • Autumn Evening Sunshine over Geltsdale