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.

It's a new year and, as ever, there's a huge amount of management work to be done at Whisby and on other local nature reserves the wardens also look after.

Winter brings its own challenges when it comes to managing habitats for wildlife and visitors, but even before the new year is underway, there are already glimpses of spring at Whisby if you know…

This month our wardens have had early snowfall, four-legged vandals and a very cheeky sheep to deal with!

The wardens are preparing the lake and reedbed habitats for the multitude of overwintering birds that make Whisby their home in the colder months.

Before woodland management takes over the schedule at Whisby for the winter, and areas of the reserve become too wet to work on, there are still jobs to be done in the reedbeds and elsewhere...…

Finishing the summer meadow management, fencing challenges, wild carrots, sheep and photogenic wildlife... it's all been happening at Whisby!

From mid-July the wardens' attention turns to managing meadows and grasslands, whether that's mowing or making full use of the reserve's small herd of conservation grazers - the…

From medieval torture to unexpected treasure, early summer is an exciting time on the nature reserve!