Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges Nature Reserve
A reserve that heralds a large amount of history and is a fantastic place to witness the wonder of bird migration
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Middlewick Ranges
Our position statement on Middlewick Ranges.
Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites are areas of land that are especially important for their wildlife. They are some of our most valuable wildlife areas.
Urgent: Help protect Local Wildlife Sites
Essex Wildlife Trust urges people to call for protection for Local Wildlife Sites
Ranger Ramble
Join us for a seasonal ranger led walk round the reserve. Stop to enjoy the seasonal highlights, ask questions and relax in nature!
Ranger Ramble
Join us for a seasonal ranger led walk round the reserve. Stop to enjoy the seasonal highlights, ask questions and relax in nature!
Ranger Ramble
Join us for a seasonal ranger led walk round the reserve. Stop to enjoy the seasonal highlights, ask questions and relax in nature!
Abberton Ranger Blog – February 2018
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…
Abberton Ranger Blog – December 2018
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.
Angel's wings
The angel's wings fungus grows in overlapping clusters in the coniferous woods of Scotland and north England. Its funnel-like, white caps have no stems.
Assistant Ranger Blog Autumn 2019
My name is Katie and I am the new Assistant Ranger here at Abberton reservoir nature reserve. I love all wildlife, especially Bats! I am currently doing a MSc in Wildlife Conservation and am very…
Abberton Assistant Ranger Blog
Happy New Year! 2020 is upon us and I am very excited for all the projects and wildlife excitement we have planned for the coming year! Christmas and New Year was filled with lots of joy and…