Tower Hide at Shapwick Heath

I love being out on the reserve. There is nothing like the sight of a marsh harrier to lift the spirits.  

Apparently its “Giving Tuesday” today – No, I’d never heard of it either!  Anyway, in order to get into the Christmas spirit we’ve added a new reward.  For £15…

Well!  It’s a wet and windy day at Shapwick, with lots of wildfowl sheltering on Noah’s Lake.   More wigeon and teal are arriving every day but we won’t see the really big influxes until it turns cold on the continent. 

I’m really pleased to tell you that we are more than…

Thanks to your support we've now had over £5000 pledged and had almost 100 backers.  We are so grateful for every pledge, large and small and to all those who've helped spread the word so far.  I'm not an expert tweeter but names spotted so far include: TV's Simon King, Avalon Marshes…

Its been an amazing day today with over £600 pounds of pledges coming in.  Thank you to everyone who has pledged and continues to support us by sharing details of the project.  We've just crossed the amazing £4000 pound barrier which means we are a third of the way there.…

Wow!  We are very grateful for the support and kind words for the tower hide project - We’ve just passed the £3,000 mark. Thank you for all your support so far.

We will be talking about the project on the radio tomorrow morning and if you’d like to listen then tune…