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A stormy start to the year

A stormy start to the year

                    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...
Moth Recording on the Fleet 2020

Moth Recording on the Fleet 2020

The recording of moths within the Fleet Nature Reserve continues. Moths are sampled from Ferrybridge to the East and Abbotsbury Swannery and the Sub-tropical Gardens at the far West. The shingle and mixture of low vegetation and grasses at Ferrybridge hold good...
Irish Visitors to the Reserve

Irish Visitors to the Reserve

On the 25th July 2020 we were lucky to see several colour ringed Little Terns at the Western end of the Fleet, from the Swannery. One of which was a green ring 1XZ, this bird was ringed as a chick at Kilcoole, Co Wickford on 1/7/2015. This is the second Irish Little...