• Spooktacular
    RSPB Mersehead Blog 22nd - 28th October 2022 Our Tuesday Volunteer group have been kept busy nutrient stripping the wildflower meadows this week. Once a year, the meadows are cut after the flowers have...
  • Washed Up
    Moths are great indicators of biodiversity and can tell us a lot about changes in the environment. The Garden Moth Scheme is a citizen science project open to anyone interested in recording moths regularly...
  • 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...