My family
Rutland Water has been a part of Becky's life since she was 16. She has grown up with the staff and volunteers as her extended family and closest friends. At the age of 16, she met her…
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Chwilio
1st Chick Hatches - 2016
Glesni Has Her 8th Chick
Montagu's blenny
A small fish found on rocky shores in the south and west of Britain.
Tompot blenny
This clown-like fish is a favourite amongst divers and snorkellers. They are inquisitive little souls and will investigate divers near their hidey-hole homes.
10 Things You Need to Know About DOP 2018
Monty and Glesni Are Due Back Four Weeks Today!
My laboratory
Nora’s study of bird behaviour explores how small bird communities flock together to ward off larger predators. Nature has many things to teach us and is now widely acknowledged as a key…
DAY 12: Monty & Blue 3J
Glesni Has Not Returned; Monty and Blue 3J Have Bonded
Easter Eggs and Clarach
Glesni Lays Her First Egg This Season, and Clarach is Back
Two Chicks, one DNH and a New Record
This week Telyn broke Glesni's five-year record, successfully hatching her sixth brood in succession.
Common sandpiper
The common sandpiper breeds along rivers, and by lakes, reservoirs and lochs in upland Scotland, Northern England and Wales. It can be spotted as a passage migrant at many inland wetlands across…
Fen violet
A pale member of the violet family sometimes known as ‘milk violet’, the fen violet has a delicate and unassuming appearance. A real specialist of the wetland habitat, this species has seen a…
Tansy beetle
This jewel like leaf beetle is an incredibly scarce species which is only found in wetland habitats.