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The bird ringers made the most of a window in the weather and raised the nets this morning. Nearly a 100 birds were….

Many people spent a great deal of time organising, learning poems, rehearsing, preparing programmes and ensuring that….

Work has been continuing throughout the week to dig out our newest habitat improvement; a large scrape on the moor. The scrape….

We talk about good winters and bad ones, dry, wet, cold or too warm springs and so it goes on. Conditions that are….

Mild weather and some sunshine saw many visitors enjoying a walk around the reserve this afternoon. Although the reserve….

Today our contractor arrived to start digging out a wetland scrape on the moor; this is part of our habitat improvement works,….

Today’s task for our small group of Thursday volunteers was to finish off the work on the orchid bank. On Monday a….

Another dry day, graced briefly by the sun in the afternoon. A good day for bonfires! The majority of the volunteers set….

Although the forecast had at one point mentioned a light covering of snow overnight it was a bit of a shock to the system….