Reserve Maintenance

Greenshank

Visitors a plenty this week at Big Waters, a greenshank and over 100 greylag geese were spotted.

The feeding station, boardwalk, island and scrape were all trimmed by Graham,Alan,Neil, Mick and myself to tidy up the area, remove big thorn bushes, tidy up reeds and trim the feeding station willows and conifers. A hard days graft to help maintain the reserve and make it better for everyone.

All quiet on the Big Waters front

A quiet friday at the hide, the garden birds were out in force fighting over the seeds left out by Alan and the cheeky grey squirrels were playing and stealing the bird food, but there were breaks of beautiful light and a relaxing atmosphere.

The weather was windy and mixed bright sunshine and clouds with a light sprinkle of rain.

Back Once Again!

Peacock Butterfly

After several difficult years I have finally returned to watching wildlife with a view to reducing the stress experienced in daily life. 

I returned to Big Waters Hide for the first time in a long time this week to find some of the same faces still working hard to maintain it and keep its beautiful inhabitants comfortable and the visitors happy.

The Return

Yellowhammer

After months not visiting the hides at Big Waters for various reasons I finally got myself back into gear and spent a few hours relaxing in the spring sunshine. It was great to return and see a few of the regulars (both wildlife and people) and for the life of me I cant work out why I hadn't been for so long.

While my visits were relatively short and sweet I did see some of my favourite birds, the chiffchaff, wren and my first yellowhammer.