• The Washed Up Platypus
    RSPB Mersehead Blog 26 th November – 2 nd December 2022 With the footpath through the woodland to the beach complete, our Tuesday volunteer group headed down to the beach for a litter pick this week...
  • Looks can be deceiving
    RSPB Mersehead Recent Sightings 3rd April – 9th April 2021 It has been a week in which the migrants, who continue to arrive from the south, may be wishing they had delayed their departure from the tropics...
  • Chicken of the Woods
    RSPB Mersehead Recent Sightings 26 th September – 2 nd October 2020 What an amazing start to the day! Early morning mist and a slight frost cloaked the wetlands. The high-pitched peep of a Kingfisher...
  • The One with the Best Tail Flick is the Winner
    RSPB Mersehead Blog 5 th – 11 th February 2022 Out on the wetlands this week, the Teal have been showing off their head flicking and tail waggling courtship display. Rather than singing like garden...
  • A New Year, a New List
    RSPB Mersehead Blog 1 st – 7 th January 2022 The end of 2021 saw a respectable 136 species on the Mersehead year list. The long-awaited final species was a Brambling , finally spotted in the Hawthorn...