• New Beginnings
    Mersehead Recent Sightings 3 rd -9 th June What a difference a week makes! With last week characterised by warm, dry weather, this week has seen wet and windy weather prevail. We had hoped to finish...
  • Beginnings and Endings
    RSPB Mersehead Blog 4 th February – 10 th February 2023 In the Celtic calendar spring starts on February 1 st , halfway between the winter and summer solstices. The festival celebrating the advent of...
  • Surveys Galore!
    Mersehead Recent Sightings 20 th – 26 th April This week, we undertook the first Water Rail survey of the season. These birds are incredibly illusive, and despite recording at least 12 individuals in...
  • When does spring begin?
    Many different people have different ideas of when spring begins. For some it can be seeing the first buds appearing on trees, the first flowers to bloom, the first frog spawn appearing in ponds, hearing...
  • New Beginnings at Mersehead
    I can hardly believe that it has only been 3 weeks since I packed my bags and my dog, loaded up my Micra and left my Yorkshire roots for a new life in Dumfries and Galloway at the fabulous RSPB Mersehead...