• The Lodge ponies are leaving soon! - end of July 2022
    To say it has been very hot recently is an understatement. Record temperatures were smashed in many places right across the UK with highs of over 40 degrees. Just a couple of days of that heat would have...
  • Pony poo for conservation!
    As you may remember reading in this blog , we’ve had plans here at RSPB The Lodge to have some new four-hooved team members join the reserve for quite some time. While Covid-19 put our plans for Spring...
  • Dartford warblers!
    After a 16-year absence since the last record of this species on our reserve, an overwintering female on the Old Heath, we are delighted that we have not one , but two Dartford w arblers currently wintering...
  • Hobbies return!
    I'm pleased to bring the very welcome news that the first hobby was reported back on the reserve and has been seen several times over the last few days. Let's hope that they choose the same tree to raise...
  • The new heathland viewing mound is open
    The new viewing mound giving raised views across the new heath at The Lodge is now open. RSPB Life Fellows John Hendry and James Taylor were the first visitors to go up on the mound after they had earlier...