December has been quite wet so far but this has been a good thing for tree planting, and the ranger and volunteers have already planted 1,170 of the 4,050 to plant this winter.

November has been a bit wetter than October and the nights are drawing in since the clocks went back.

February concluded the hedge planting for this season, totalling 6,000 trees planted, and taking the grand total that has been planted on site by rangers and volunteers so far to 76,000. Some…

June has so far been a pretty dry month. The warm, sunny weather has brought out the butterflies, including Ringlet, a lovely dark colour butterfly with ring shaped patterns on the underside of…

April has been a varied month of some really hot days and also squally rain showers and cool wind. However it has been a great month for the return of many of our migratory bird species

Early May has had much warmer weather, with some beautifully sunny days bringing out the leaves on the trees in the woodland and hedges

Blossom and leaves are just starting to show on the trees on the nature reserve. A sure sign of Spring.