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Conservation Matters: September

As the season changes, conservation efforts continue. From protecting vulnerable birds to freeing up fish migration, find out what the Trust has been up to this month.

Common Sandpiper

Wading into autumn

For many birdwatchers things are just hotting up! We might be reaching the end of summer, but this is when a group of birds known as waders start to appear on our shores. Here are ten waders to…

Two Bewick's Swans at Blue House Farm

New Year, New Visitors

We were delighted with some exciting sightings in recent weeks, including during our January bird survey, and we're looking forward to upcoming projects.

Brent Geese

Return of the Blue House Farm Brent Geese

Our Brent Goose ringing project in collaboration with the Southern Colour Ringing Group, The Essex Recorders Partnership and Essex Birdwatching Society, has been providing some exciting results.…

Flock of Brent Geese

Brent Geese and Winter Wetlands

The reserve is flooding up again after a long, dry summer, and the Brent Geese have returned, all the way from their breeding grounds in Siberia!

Fieldfare in snow by Margaret Holland

How to help garden birds this winter

January can be a difficult time of year for wildlife, as the long cold nights continue and natural food sources become harder to find. Lorna Shaw, Biological Records Centre Co-ordinator at Essex…

Brent Geese

Species in the spotlight - Dark-bellied Brent Geese

After a long hot summer and a spectacularly colourful autumn, the temperatures and the leaves have finally dropped. Along with the cooler weather, wintering birds have arrived on our shores, one…

Birds on a feeder

Bird Food - What, When and Why

Feeding our garden birds not only gives them a helping hand (or wing), it also means we get to see our wonderful wildlife up close and all the joys they bring. However, it is important to know…

Photo credit- Gary Cox

Beautiful Barn Owl

Barn Owls are such beautiful birds that just to glimpse one in car headlights is a thrill, a saintly soul whose fleeting flight of fancy instantaneously makes your world a wondrous place. All too…