Creating the perfect habitat for ground nesting birds
As part of the winter maintenance programme, our amazing team of volunteers have been out on Number 1 Pit Island clearing willow scrub.
As part of the winter maintenance programme, our amazing team of volunteers have been out on Number 1 Pit Island clearing willow scrub.
Despite the somewhat damp and dismal weather experienced this month, October has nevertheless been an outstanding month for wildlife out on Brockholes Nature Reserve. Here are some of our top…
After a damp start to the month with Boilton Wood flooding, October turned out to be the start of a crisp, bright autumn, with lots of wonderful wildlife to be seen around the reserve.
With damp, cold weather comes a foray of fungi, carpeting the woodland floor and covering tree stumps and trunks - the perfect environment for October's Photography Competition.
Fabulous Fungi was the theme for October, and we received some astonishing entries!
October has seen our reserves undergo a dramatic transformation, as autumn has arrived with purpose. Whilst this delightful change has taken place, we have observed our reserves morph into a rich…
This month's photography competition was all about ‘fabulous fungi’, these amazing organisms make up an entire kingdom of their own, and with over 15,000 species present in the UK there are…
The theme of this month’s photography competition was ‘Fabulous Fungi, and the images we received of these amazing organisms was incredible!
Ben grew up at the Naze paddling in the sea and looking for sharks’ teeth. After graduation, he returned to the landscape he loves to help local people experience the wonders of the natural world…
Stone curlews are unusual waders with large yellow eyes - perfect for hunting beetles at night.
This brilliant red and white sea slug would make the perfect nudibranch for a Christmas card image or perhaps a football team mascot!