• 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...
  • Warblers surprise
    In my last blog I suggested that the weekend's weather forecast looked ideal for bringing in a few tired migrants from the continent. In particular, I raised the prospect that we might find a yellow-browed...
  • Like London Buses
    Wow, what an exciting week! With a bird list of around 350 species, it's not often that we add a new species to the reserve list, yet this week we have potentially added two! First, news broke, via...
  • Surprise visitors from afar
    With migration in full swing, July often brings an unexpected visitor or two to the Suffolk coast, but nothing could really prepare us for the events that have unfolded this week. The excitement began...
  • A little review of 2019
    As we approach a new decade, it's time to take a breath and look back on the last 12 months, and the last decade. Little terns by Ian Barthorpe Minsmere’s Scrape seabird colony goes from strength...