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In a notably wet March, the fields turned quite splashy again, and on March 10th a flock of 32 black-headed gulls and five herring gulls were feeding in…

Spring is definitely in the air, as demonstrated by tufts of snowdrops on the river bank, occasional flowering lesser celandine, and a great spotted woodpecker heard drumming on…

Highlight of the month was a complete restoration of the willow maze over two days, with the help of students from the Foundation Learning department of Canterbury College,…

An excitement this month was the presence of a goosander on the river. Goosanders are sawbills, with serrated beaks that enable them to grasp fish more firmly. They are fairly…

Our regular willow weavers spent several days in the second half of January giving the osier bed its annual trim, in the process generating numerous bundles to take…

Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership volunteers spent a day in the hay meadow mowing some of the areas that couldn’t be reached by tractor in the autumn, and raking…

The marshes remained rather quiet throughout the cold snap. Before the weather closed in, a small wintering population of up to 14 snipe had been present, but these…

The highlight of the month was undoubtedly the return of squelchy conditions, meaning that the Marshes are no longer in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Act. Flooding on November…

A blackcap on October 3rd provided what may well be the last link with summer, memories of which are now being pushed out by the first winter snipe…

Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership (KSCP) volunteers spent a day raking up hay in the meadow and removing bulrushes from a pond in the boardwalk field. It can quickly choke…