• 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...
  • Wildlife Sightings 27/01/17
    Its been a frosty start to the year on the reserve. The last month has seen the start of woodlarks singing across the heath, a sign that the bird breeding season is not far away. A Dartford warbler was...
  • Wildlife sightings 5/4/17
    Spring has arrived on the reserve in the last few weeks. Willow warblers are singing across the reserve and we had our first tree pipits on the heath today. Woodlarks continue to sing across the reserve...
  • Wildlife Sightings 08/06/17
    A honey buzzard was reported by a member of the public Alex Reiss, he saw the bird fly off from the track on the way to the heathland viewpoint. He and his dad George managed to get some record shots...