by ReserveTeam | Aug 23, 2018 | Litter, Management, News, Scientific Research, The Fleet
Fleet Study Group Survey of Chesil Bank vegetation and beach litter dynamics – 21st August 2018 Four FSG members visited Moonfleet to count and remove litter from a 5m wide corridor across the Chesil Bank between the Fleet and the sea. The precise location...
by ReserveTeam | Jul 10, 2018 | Insects, Moths, News, Scientific Research
Moth recording continues at two sites at the west end of the Fleet lagoon. Between them, both sites cover an interesting and diverse range of habitats, and slowly a useful list of species is building up at these locations. Recording started again in mid-February,...
by ReserveTeam | Jun 8, 2018 | Management, News, Scientific Research, The Fleet
A series of loggers are currently deployed underwater in in the middle of Rodden Hive measuring temperature, light levels, salinity and water depth. There are also temperature loggers buried in the shingle on the landward side of Chesil Bank. The loggers require...
by ReserveTeam | May 31, 2017 | News, Scientific Research, The Fleet
The Chesil Bank and Fleet Nature Reserve is one of the most unique habitats and valuable ecosystems within the British Isles, being home to vast internationally important seagrass beds, a huge variety of fauna and flora (of which some are unique to the Reserve),...
