Schools on reserves - a guest blog by Learning Officer Chris Ford

Schools on Reserves – guest blog by Learning Officer Chris Ford What a year 2016 was, for all sorts of reasons, some good, some not so, but for us here at Minsmere one of our highlights was the number...
A magical week of “mothing” at Minsmere.

Guest blog by Robin Harvey, Sites Manager, North Suffolk Reserves. The awful spring and summer weather in 2012 has had a knock on effect on invertebrates. In general it has been a poor year for moths...
More Minsmere moths

Minsmere's wardens and volunteers carry out regular moth trapping throughout the year. The most commonly used technique for moth trapping is to set up a special trap with a powerful light. The light attracts...
Minsmere under the microscope

We've talked previously about the incredible variety of wildlife found at Minsmere, with more than 5600 species recorded so far. Such variety may seem surprising to the casual visitor, or even to most...
Minsmere's Little Five

We've all heard of Africa's Big Five - lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant. Did you know they also have a Little Five - antlion, leopard slug, buffalo weaver, rhinoceros beetle and elephant shrew...