Our Young Naturalists catch up and look back on everything they've learned over a fun and busy year.

The first Sunday of the month is volunteer task day and this morning we were continuing work on the path between Goosander and Lapwing hide. The path is being trimmed back and the gravel surface…

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!

A busy few days, either working with the volunteers or on a chainsaw course, has meant that I have not really had time to look around the reserve or hear many reports from those that have.

It finally seems as though the grey phalarope has left us. I am surprised that it has not gone before now as the nights have been fine and apparently ideal for flying. The wood sandpiper remains…

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…

With the summer holidays over and the brief lull in group visits that always follows while the Southeast's children all settle back into school and uniformed groups back into their packs and…

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…

Our Young Naturalists spend a night at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, exploring how the area changes at different times of day.

Firstly apologies for the recent lack of posting – due in part to Bob being on holiday, in part the reserve generally being fairly quiet on the wildlife front and in part (and in no means related…