N is for... Nature
The Wildlife Trust is calling for a Nature Recovery Network, in order to combat the ever diminishing state of wildlife in the UK. Since 1970 forty-one percent of UK species have experienced…
News and Views
Jason Lock
November - Photography Competition Results
As winter descends and the weather changes, new plant life and seasonal creatures begin to emerge. Our marvellous photographers have been busy at work entering our November photography competition…
What was seen in November?
Winter is on its way. With temperatures falling and the weather changing. It’s a marvellous time to head out and spot the seasonal wildlife on offer at Brockholes. Here are some of our top…
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.
Making the fencing wildlife friendly
It's important for us to think about wildlife in every task we undertake - that includes putting up fencing.
October - Photography Competition Results
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.
What was seen in October?
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.
Rounding up the summer work
This week, the volunteers and conservation team rounded off the summer work and look towards the winter maintenance programme.
Who are Smew?
A very exciting visitor has been at Brockholes this week, a very rare duck, with a very interesting name.
Nature's Six Spooky Stars of Halloween
The UK is full of weird and wonderful wildlife: grasshoppers with ears in their bum and snakes that give birth to live babies. But some animals go one step further… some are downright spooky!