• Spring has sprung
    Accompanied Nick on a bee survey this morning in beautiful sunny weather. Flowering gorse provided an early nectar source and some of the bushes were humming, mainly with Honey Bees but we also recorded...
  • Hello 2023 and the start of Spring
    With only a few days till the equinox, we welcome the start of spring and the first calls of Woodlark at Broadwater Warren. We need to catch up on compiling our nature survey's this year due to the cold...
  • Wildlife Sightings
    This afternoon I saw my first woodlark of 2023 on the western heath. Unfortunately not singing its beautiful song. On 3 April our volunteer reptile survey team recorded 15 slowworm, 1 common lizard and...
  • Wildlife Sightings April/May
    2 ring ouzels were seen on the heath on Friday the 13 th April. The ring ouzel (or “mountain blackbird”) were stopping off on their migration up north to breed in the hills and mountains of Northern England...
  • First Nightjar of the year
    The first Nightjar of 2012 has returned to the reserve. A single bird was churring and seen in flight this evening. Last year our first bird was heard 10 days earlier so I guess the bad weather in the...