• Scarlet surprise
    It was a red-letter day on Thursday for one of our regular visitors, although he didn't realise quite how eignificant his sighting was until he posted his photos late on Friday evening. I'll let Les take...
  • Things in unexpected places
    One of the joys of being able to regularly spend time walking around the reserve is that I get to know where certain species are most likely to be seen. For example, I almost expect to hear a Cetti's...
  • Diggers, dragons and more
    It’s all action on Digger Alley now, with all of the usual suspects on show: bee-wolves, ornate-tailed wasps, red-banded sand wasps, ruby-tailed (jewel) wasps, pantaloon bees, green-eyed flower-bees,...
  • What's been spotted?
    It seems a long time since my post. I've seen some great wildlife in that time too - breeding bee-eaters in Nottinghamshire (sadly, they've since failed), ravens, buzzards, peregrine, ospreys, common...
  • Golden charms
    The milder weather and southerly winds this week have delayed the arrival of winter visitors, though there was a brief brambling underneath the visitor centre feeders yesterday. In fact, there have been...