Carillion Worky Day

Staff from Carillion kindly gave up their time to help out on the reserve today. The group took some time out away from the….

Friday, September 30th 2011

Another Early Morning and some news from Berlin

The weather forecast was 'iffy' for today - so no change there!   Over 1730 migrating Meadow Pipits have….

Sunday, September 25th 2011

Exciting!!

On 14th September, Christine (Whitehead)  went exploring and photographing in the conifer woodland.  She took the….

Saturday, September 24th 2011

Splashing about on the Lake

The coracle build has been a success and the five 'coraclers' have had a wonderful time learning how to make a 'floating….

Thursday, September 22nd 2011

Wet Feet and Coracles

With so much work to be done in the wetland over the coming winter, we decided to spend a second day working on this habitat. ….

Tuesday, September 20th 2011

Wetland Worky Day

The bunds on the wetland were strimmed today to knock back the Gorse and Hawthorn that has started to encroach on this relatively….

Monday, September 19th 2011

More Meadow Pipits and a Whitethroat!

Dawn was breaking as the nets were put up on Barden Moor. Bird ringers from Foxglove caught and ringed another 240 Meadow….

Sunday, September 18th 2011

Bug Day

Today we were lucky enough to have Roger Key, who was the Senior Entomologist for Natural England, visit for the day. ….

Friday, September 16th 2011

Make Hay While the Sun is Shining!

The strong winds over the last few days have taken their toll on some of the old trees along the beck, with some large branches….

Tuesday, September 13th 2011

Hidden Talents

 Mowing continued on the middle section of the moorland yesterday. The whole area was cut and (if you are a volunteer,….

Sunday, September 11th 2011

Making Hay

Felling has continued in the conifer plantation at the head of the lake today. Robin has again been working hard to….

Thursday, September 8th 2011

Moving Houses!

Harvesting work has started on the conifer block to be removed this winter. The bird boxes in this area are being re-located….

Wednesday, September 7th 2011

Snakes and Lakes!

A few weeks ago volunteer John had a vision! Today he was a man on a mission as he put his idea into practice. The snake….

Tuesday, September 6th 2011

Another Excellent Day

 With CES complete some of the ringers were out on the training area today making the most of the Meadow Pipit migration. ….

Sunday, September 4th 2011

Coracle Building!

On the 21st and 22nd September we have coracle expert Dave Purvis visiting to lead a course on the construction of these….

Friday, September 2nd 2011

Raffle Draw!

The raffle for the Owl sculpture that has been standing at the entrance to the field centre was drawn today!  The….

Thursday, September 1st 2011

Another fire!

The 'winter' work continued today as Sophie and Adam cut down some Silver Birch trees bordering the heath. ….

Thursday, September 1st 2011