• Chilly chores and Winter wanderers
    Winter has still not set in with a vengeance, despite the best efforts of the media to convince us that the impending cold spell is around the corner. Preparations for the winter period are however...
  • Sand martins and spoonbills
    This last couple of days seems to have been dominated by our marvellous spoonbills and then when the weather was overcast a fantastic gathering of 6000 roosting sand martins . On some days there has been...
  • Up where the air is clear, up in the atmosphere
    Apologies for there being no blog for a while, work has just been incredibly busy and even today its going to be a short blog I'm afraid. Just a reminder that the reserve opens 9am to 5pm - last entry...
  • Reserve provides welcome shelter for wildfowl and waders in constant stormy weather.
    The last few days have really seen the weather almost boiling as the winds rage and squalls of rain filled clouds push constantly across the Humber landscape , but in many ways the scenes have been particularly...
  • A stop start June
    Well almost the middle of June already and currently no sign of the reserve opening its gates due to the need to follow Government advice on social distancing and the use of our hides and pathways, we...