Diary of the Whisby wardens: May 2026
May is a festival for the senses on the nature reserve, with wildflowers bursting into life, vibrant insects everywhere, and birdsong from the trees competing with the raucous gulls on the lakes…
Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography
May is a festival for the senses on the nature reserve, with wildflowers bursting into life, vibrant insects everywhere, and birdsong from the trees competing with the raucous gulls on the lakes…
Butterflies, damselflies and early dragonflies are on the wing, birds are nesting on the islands in the lakes, swallows and swifts are swooping over the water, and the dawn chorus builds to a…
The first diary entry from our new warden team at Whisby Nature Park, as spring makes itself felt and the on-the-ground management adapts.
Mike Watts reflects on a unique wildlife guardianship experience at Gibraltar Point, protecting the rare nesting shorebirds through the hours of darkness.
Weeks 13 & 14 of our internship have been brilliant and filled with so many exciting and skill building activities.
In weeks 11 and 12, Ryan focused on community engagement and developing his individual project, including connecting with volunteers whilst he collected seagrass seeds with the Wilder Humber team…
Weeks 9 and 10 focused on shaping our Offshore Wind Farms project and planning Pacific oyster surveys. We also joined the Wilder Humber team at Spurn Point for seagrass seed collection,…
Weeks seven and eight of our internship brought a mix of new activities and good progress on both our individual and collaborative projects.
In our 5th and 6th week we both chose our projects for our internship and got out and about at Gibraltar Point to help the engagement team with their sea dipping event.
Weeks 3 and 4 saw us in London visiting The Crown Estate and also heading off to Scarborough for ReMeMaRe conference.