by ReserveTeam | Jul 1, 2020 | Birds, News, The Fleet
In 2019 Cormorants successfully nested and fledged young for the first time on the Reserve and they have repeated their success in 2020. This aquatic bird has made use of an old Tern platform. Up to 50 individual Cormorants can be seen perched on these wooded beams at...
by ReserveTeam | Jul 25, 2019 | Birds, News, Scientific Research, Swans, The Fleet
This month saw the Swannery’s 20th Biennial Round-up. This is when Swannery staff, the Reserve team and over 100 volunteers, over a two-day period, push Mute Swans along the Fleet up to Abbotsbury. This is possible when non-breeding Mute Swans go in to moult, meaning...
by ReserveTeam | Jan 23, 2019 | Birds, Management, News, The Fleet
There are many environmental studies carried out all along the Reserve each year. In addition to this, volunteers carry out regular surveys, looking at a variety of different subjects such as geology, habitats, species counts and human usage. One resent count of birds...
by ReserveTeam | Nov 6, 2018 | Birds, Migration, News, The Fleet
Dark-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla bernicla arrive on the Fleet at the end of October. They spend the summer months on the Arctic coast of Russia, breeding on Arctic tundra. Throughout November their numbers increase with over 2000 flocking at Ferrybridge and...
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 22, 2018 | Birds, Events, Flora, Management, News, The Fleet
Chesil beach is home to numerous different species of plants, birds, mammals and lichens. One particulalr area of concern is our nesting birds. Different species of birds nest along Chesil Bank, mainly in the Shrubby Sea Blight and of course our Little Terns on the...
