Tufted Duck - © Tony Esposito
Winter plumage - © Tony Esposito
Blue Tit - © Tony Esposito
Great Spotted Woodpecker - © Andy Mooney
Long Tailed Tit - © Terry Mckenna
Muntjac - © Tony Esposito
Grey Squirrel - © Terry Mckenna
Rabbit - © Tony Esposito
Management Works - © Matt Lodge
Here is a selection of some of the best photos of this year’s January sightings. The mild weather has ensured there has been a lot of activity on the reserve, as you can see in the gallery!
Bronze Age Pots - © Chris Radburn
Discoveries - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Tour - © Philip Parker
King's Dyke Members - © Philip Parker
Fascinating Talks - © Philip Parker
King's Dyke Members - © Philip Parker
Discoveries - © Philip Parker
Bronze Age Pots - © Chris Radburn
On Wednesday 20th January 2016, 35 members of Kings Dyke Nature Reserve had the pleasure of visiting the Must Farm Bronze Timber Platform (1000 – 800BC). This is a joint Historic England/ Forterra project which is being undertaken by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU). Sitting on the edge of Kings Dyke’s working quarry (known asMust Farm), the platform was first discovered in […]
Setting up for the event - © Sam Parker
Workbench - © Sam Parker
Hardwood and softwood box sets - © Sam Parker
Introductory talk - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Painting the boxes - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Painted boxes - © Philip Parker
Finished boxes - © Philip Parker
Team photo - © Philip Parker
As part of the World Bat Day, Kings Dyke Nature Reserve hosted its own bat box building event, which was one of hundreds of similar events across the world. The world target for the day was to build 5,000 new bat boxes to provide valuable roosting places for bats, which are in severe decline at the moment. The […]
View over the reserve - © Nic Grant
Educational Tours
Rose flower - © Terry Mckenna
Reed Bunting - © Andy Mooney
Chaffinch - © Scott Bailey
Cetti's Warbler - © Scott Bailey
Kestrels in flight - © Paul Barsby
Kestrels squabbling! - © Paul Barsby
Long Tailed Tit - © Scott Bailey
Harvest mouse - © Terry Mckenna
Mute Swan - © Terry Mckenna
Mallard pair - © Andy Mooney
Here is this month’s selection of wildlife images taken by our members. Notable records include Cetti’s warbler and snipe. Despite us now approaching winter there is still an abundance of wildlife on show as highlighted by the gallery.
Mushroom species - © Philip Thulbourn
Mushroom species - © Simon Parker
Yellow Russula - © Simon Parker
Winter Twiglet - © Rosalyn Pike
Common Earthball - © Simon Parker
Mushroom species - © Simon Parker
Melanoleuca stridula - © Rosalyn Pike
This year at the nature reserve we are making a big effort to record as many fungus/mushroom species as possible – a species category that hasn’t been heavily recorded thus far. We have been encouraging members to record what they find and to get any mushroom experts in contact with us, with regards to undertaking a survey. The images […]
Werrington Primary - © Philip Parker
Fossil Hunting - © Philip Parker
Coprolite (poo) fossil - © Philip Parker
Rib fossil - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
We have had a couple of really good school visits this week with Werrington Primary School, to follow on from the Family Fun Day at the weekend. These are some of the best children and knowledgeable teachers we have ever had visit! We had some excellent finds in the fossil area, including a rib (awaiting identification) and […]
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Old and New Brickworks Vehicles - © Sam Parker
1939 Works Lorry - © Sam Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Live Music - © Sam Parker
Queue for the Food! - © Sam Parker
This weekend we had a superb Family Fun Day for the rebranding of Hanson Building Products to Forterra. Alongside the nature reserve’s marquee, we had live music, kids play zone, bungee run, new and old brickworks vehicles on display, brickworks tours and free food, all provided by Forterra. The weather was fantastic and we had many people […]
Blue Tit - © Tony Esposito
Long Tailed Tit - © Tony Esposito
Kingfisher - © Tony Esposito
Small Copper - © George Walthew
Moorhens - © Linda Matthews
Duck Selection - © Vernon Wakefield
Autumn is upon us and the weather is certainly changing! Although many of the warblers have left for the year there is still an abundance of wildlife still on show. There are still lots of dragonflies and damselflies about, and a large variety of finches at tits feeding in front of the main hide. In […]
Platycheirus albimanus - © George Walthew
Cucumber Green Orb spider - © Oddy Barber
Horse flies - © George Walthew
Horse fly - © George Walthew
Sharks tooth - © Rebecca Neal
Coreus marginatus (Dock-Bug) - © George Walthew
Emperor Dragonfly (female) - © Paul Barsby
Marsh Woundwort - © George Walthew
Slow worm - © Oddy Barber
Enoplognatha ovata spider - © George Walthew
Southern Hawker - © Phill Hicks
Here is an excellent selection of macro photographs taken by our members over the summer months so far, highlighting the great variety of invertebrates and plants on show.
Kingfisher - © Terry Mckenna
Spider - © Linda Matthews
Small Skipper - © George Walthew
Hoverfly - © George Walthew
Juvenile Little Grebe - © Peter Beesley
Dunnock - Terry Mckenna
Moorhens feeding - © Kevin Wooby
Common Blue Damselfy - © Terry Mckenna
Banded Demoiselle - © George Walthew
Broad-Bodied Chaser - © John Suanders
Emperor Dragonfly - © Terry Mckenna
Old Lady Moth - © Terry Mckenna
Here is a selection of photos of the wildlife recorded by members during July and the first week of August. Of particular note, is the pair of Kingfishers that are regularly posing in front of the main hide creating an ever growing collection of superb Kingfisher shots. There was also a new species of Moth for the reserve, […]
