• 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...
  • Wetland wildlife delights
    It's been a bit of a wild and windy day today as Storm Desmond has made its presence felt - albeit without causing the disruption experienced farther north - but for those brave enough to venture out...
  • Wonderful World Wetlands Day Walk
    Every year I lead a winter wildfowl guided walk on 2 February to celebrate World Wetlands Day - marking the signing of an international treaty to protect the world's most important wetlands for wildlfie...
  • Anyone for cricket (teals)?
    Spring migration took another step forward this week - just as the weather showed signs of taking a turn for the worse. After a week of warm sunny weather, it's been a return to cooler, cloudier conditions...
  • Wintry wetlands
    There's definitely a wintry feel to the weather this week. In fact, it was snowing on my drive to work yesterday. We have more snow forecast tonight, and again for Thursday, so if you're planning to visit...