The weather hasn't been great this weekend, so we thought we would brighten things up with a very recent clip of our Kingfisher 'fishing' from the top of one of our Sand Martin nesting banks. Thanks to Jim Wilson for sharing 🙏

A large flock of Golden Plover coming in to land this morning. All almost certainly here from Iceland for the winter. Lovely sounds too as they land. Thanks to our @BirdWatchIE volunteers who have made this Wetland Camera project happen.

Here's clip of a flock of Dunlin coming in to the roost last night. For the next while, high tide will be after bedtime, so while the camera will continue to stream live, we won't turn on the night vision again until we have high tides at a reasonable hour. We will keep u posted ☺️

Here's a clip from our Wetland Cam last night showing lots of Curlew. With a sunny day here today, we have enough power to so that we can turn on the night vision mode on the camera for high tide tonight from 8pm-11pm. Th e link to the camera is in our bio 😊

Thanks to a loan of a thermal imaging camera over the next few months we will be having a look at what goes on on the reserve after dark. Under the cover of darkness our very healthy Rabbit population was looking very relaxed out in the open near the Scrape Hide.

Something cute for mid-week 😊 This young Wood Mouse was out exploring next to the nature trail -at the weekend, showing no fear whatsoever of the phone. It is rare to get such a close view of this super little animal. Thanks to @limosawit.bsky.social for sharing!

1/2 Three more horses arrived for their summer holidays today, bringing the herd total to 9. These living lawnmowers keep our dry meadow in optimal condition and an effective check on the invasive saltmarsh species, Spartina anglica.

Deborah D'Arcy was lucky enough to witness a stoat killing a young rabbit on the nature trail. This may seem harsh but stoats help keep our VERY healthy rabbit population in check. Unlike its cousin the weasel, the stoat is native to Ireland. They will attack prey up to three times their size!

Our eco-friendly wetland summer vegetation management team has increased by two! On Friday Eve and Lucky made their introductions to the other members of the team out on the wetland. Looks like it's going well 😊