by ReserveTeam | Dec 21, 2021 | Birds, News
A lovely end end to the year with a sighting of Great Bustard, seen alongside the Reserve. Swanherd Steve spotted this individual feeding in the fields surrounding Abbotsbury Swannery on Friday 17th December. This is believed to be the same individual that has been...
by ReserveTeam | Aug 6, 2021 | History, News, The Fleet
For many centuries, perhaps even a millennium, the West Fleet has been an ancient sanctuary within the Reserve, and not that many decades ago it was known as such. In his book ‘Nature Conservation in Britain’ (New Naturalist Series), Sir Dudley Stamp referred to it as...
by ReserveTeam | Jun 1, 2021 | Management, News, Scientific Research, The Fleet
I’m Jake Bowley, a PhD student from the University of Exeter. In collaboration with our partners at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), my research is investigating whether microplastics can act as novel surface to carry marine...
by ReserveTeam | Apr 28, 2021 | News, Weather
The Chesil Wave Rider Buoy, as can be seen in the graphs above, has recorded wave height above the threshold (the red line) on a number of occasions so far this year. Most noticeably there was a...
by ReserveTeam | Mar 15, 2021 | Marine, News, Scientific Research, The Fleet
The temperature is one of the factors influencing variety and abundance of microscopic communities in the Fleet. Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Research team from Cefas has successfully completed the 3rd summer of water sampling. The...
