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.

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…

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

October has been another mild month on the whole with lots of nice birds around

September has been a busy month at Abberton.

The dry weather has finally broken and we have had some days of heavy rain at last.

The hot dry weather has continued through July

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…

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

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