• Calling at heron central
    Wow! Wow! Wow! Regular readers will know that Island Mere Hide has always been my favourite place at Minsmere. I could easily spend a couple of hours there just sitting, watching, waiting...and chatting...
  • Reedbed management in action
    It feels a bit wintry again this week. In fact, following heavy frosts over the weekend, most of the of the Scrape and reedbed were frozen throughout Sunday and Monday, with birds congregating around...
  • Wildlife and management update
    If you've been visiting Minsmere over the past couple of weeks, you'll probably have noticed a lot of work happening on the Scrape. In particular, you may have encountered a dumper truck loaded with shingle...
  • Memories of The Old Days.
    Guest blog by Minsmere volunteer, Pete Etheridge I first came to volunteer at Minsmere in April 1983. This was to change my life for ever. Working in beautiful places, experiencing nature close to, and...
  • Summer turns rapidly to autumn
    After the glorious late summer weather over the weekend, it was a bit of a shock to the system to wake up to dull, wet and windy weather this morning as autumn arrived with a vengeance. In fact, it...