Highnam Woods









Members' Group Field Meetings at Highnam Woods
 
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The new hide with feeding station is working very well and has even featured on Country File on the BBC! Although it is now open-backed and perhaps not so snug as the old one, it is open all hours and provides shelter from the rain and the worst of the wind. As usual, the feeding will be running until April and is, once again, a terrific resource for the local group to use…and is packed full of birds all the time. The popularity of this hide with visitors has astounded me, with bird watchers and photographers ever-present it seems. Special thanks to the four volunteers who top-up the feeders three times a week.

 

Please call Hannah Morton on 01594 562852 if you need further information.



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HIGHNAM RESERVE

Let me first introduce myself to those who don’t know me yet, I’m Hannah and I joined the reserves team in May. Many of you will already be aware that Barry Embling left RSPB at the end of last year to take up an exciting new post with the Woodland Trust in Wales. I was delighted to be offered the post, and an opportunity to move back to the South West (I grew up in Devon). The Forest is a new area for me to explore and woodlands are a new challenge to me, but the organisation is one that I know and love, having moved from Loch of Kinnordy and the Tay Reedbeds to be here. I have already learned a lot about my new responsibilities, and the habitats in general, and look forward to learning more as the seasons change.

Shortly after my arrival, Dhruti Bell was offered a post as Assistant warden at Rainham Marshes (RSPB) reserve. As it is not only a full time post, but also closer to family she obviously jumped at the chance, and we wished her farewell in June. To keep me on the right track for the remainder of the season, Lewis Thomson agreed to join the team. He has been volunteering at Nagshead for 3 years already, and has helped Dhruti with much of the survey work, so he has made a welcome and experienced addition to the team.

Nightingales continued to be the main attraction at Highnam Woods, but with the dry weather they seemed to start singing slightly earlier and by the middle of May were already fairly quiet and difficult to find. Point counts confirmed that a good variety of other woodland birds were breeding this year, including possibly 2 pairs of lesser spotted woodpecker.

It has been a good year to see invertebrates too,

Hannah Morton - Site Manager

 


 

 

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