Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and Rails
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and Rails
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and Rails
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and Rails
The team have been busy getting the majority of the habitat management completed before the breeding season and we are now very close with only a few small tasks left before we start the big clean-up and get onto our spring/summer task programme.
This month the team have focussed most of the effort on clearing willow from two areas of reedbed on the reserve: an area at the south end of ARC and another area along the track…
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and…
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and Rails
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Gilleards have been on site last week replacing the roof and foundations to Dengemarsh Hide and the roofs of Christmas Dell and the Viewing Screen with a new hardwearing roof. This will help to maintain these hides into the future. More work will be needed on the hide in the coming months and years, but we now have a good idea of what we need to do and will keep you all informed of what is happening.
Inside of Dengemarsh…
The team have spent a lot of time working in the high-water levels this month in areas across the reserve including Hookers and Dengemarsh Reedbed, clearing willow trees which are keen to outcompete the reed which our breeding bittern and marsh harriers utilise.
This clearance includes a large island which was full of willow and bramble close to Hooker’s ramp and we now hope that the reedbed will recolonise and the willow…
We had our first Winter Wildlife Guided Walk of 2023 led by Paul Trodd. It was a great turn out of attendees and wildlife, with sightings including greenfinches, goldeneye, great white egret, and kestrels.
Guided walk
The next guided walk is on the 15th February, it will be interesting to see what wildlife is spotted being a month on.
Guided Walk
We those who took part to in the Big Garden Birdwatch this…
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and Rails
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and Rails
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and…
Water levels have continued to rise at unprecedented levels since November. Despite starting off with near record lows following the dry summer, we are now approximately 10cm off the highest recorded water level on Burrowes Pit. This has led to the inundation of the new islands at ARC, but thanks to the island raising project there last summer, they should emerge from the water much earlier next year and hopefully in…
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Waders and Rails
Little Birds
Another exciting year has flown by here on the reserve with lots of hard work and achievements aplenty! We thought we would summarise these again via this blog with a few things to look forward to in the coming years as well.
Visitor Infrastructure
The year started off with the removal of the old Firth and Makepeace Hides which had been condemned by an external building surveyor, despite the hard work of the team to…
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
November has been a really great month here at Lydden. Not only have we finished work on the WEG-funded Wetland Restoration project, we have really been able to see the reserve starting to come into its own with a good dose of rainfall starting to fill up the site nicely.
It’s really satisfying to see the results of all the hard work that has gone on at the site, particularly in the last few years, and we…
The wet weather hasn’t stopped the team this month. Water levels have come up an astonishing 55cm on Burrowes Pit in a very short space of time. This has played merry hell with the track and in spite of repairs in November, further repair works will be undertaken in December.
The have now paused the island clearance work on Burrowes Pit having cleared a good 50% of the islands of vegetation. With wintering…
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
Birds of Prey
Ducks/Geese/Grebes
Herons
