My time at the Trust has absolutely flown by, and now it’s nearly time for me to leave my role as Trainee Geospatial Ecologist. I've had an amazing few months here!

How to identify these all-black birds and avoid corvid confusion.

Another fine day although with more of an autumnal feel than yesterday. There was still mist over the lakes as I opened the hides. From Tern hide the highlight was the unringed great white egret…

It was a glorious day at Blashford today, to my mind the perfect balance of sunshine and cool temperatures, the ideal autumn day for getting work done on the reserve. It was also a pretty good day…

After a windy night I looked out over Tern hide this morning with some hope of seeing something new blown in. I was greeted by an adult peregrine perched on one of the posts outside Tern hide and…

The white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes is the only species of crayfish that is native to the UK and it’s in trouble!

10 years after they were last surveyed, we went to Gilkicker Point to find out whether the Gilkicker weevils are still there.

It has been a year of extreme weather. There have been several reports about how the drought impacted wildlife here in the UK, but as we look ahead to autumn and the return of migratory birds to…

How gifts in Wills from generous supporters have enhanced our two counties for wildlife.

I was working at Fishlake Meadows yesterday morning and it was wonderful to be somewhere so green and full of flowers. Access to water is not a problem for the plants at Fishlake so they have kept…