• Spring celebrations
    It may only be mid March, but there have been some early spring migrants to raise anticipation for the coming season. As is usually the case, the first spring migrants were chiffchaffs, which have been...
  • Celebrating World Wildlife Day
    Today, 3 March is the UN World Wildlife Day. In celebration, I thought I'd share a pictorial overview of some of Minsmere's amazing wildlife. Let's start with otters . Late winter and early spring...
  • Celebrating what we see, not what we miss
    How often have you heard the phrase, "You should have been here five minutes ago?" Such comments are frequent among birdwatchers, and are always infuriating. Do I need to know that the bittern that has...
  • Wildlife Explorers Reunite
    When I woke up on Saturday morning to a bitter north wind I thought to myself, well at least the sun is shining! That thought didn’t last long as on the drive into work the skies opened and it poured...
  • Celebrating our wonderful wetlands
    Today, 2 February, is World Wetlands Day. This is an important event, at it marks the signing of an international treaty on wetland conservation, the RAMSAR Treaty, signed in the Iranian town of Ramsar...