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Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve This is a 150 acre nature reserve on the edge of the Severn Estuary between Portishead and Royal Portbury Dock. It was in 2008 that Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve was first conceived to offset… Read More
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Welcome to February – Find out what to look out for this month . . . there’s lots to see . . . IMPORTANT – there is a change to our next wildlife count. It is now on… Read More
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Wildlife monitoring plays an important part in conservation. If you know what is around, and what isn’t, you can make the right choices in land management. So we are counting the wildlife here at Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve…. Read More
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This is a lovely video of a fling of dunlins by Portishead Pier. Such a wonderful sight as they twist and turn over the estuary. They can be hard to keep track of but when they turn their white bellies towards the camera they really sparkle. Thank you to Ian Wilson for sharing this great video with us.😃
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Enjoy Portbury Wharf and its great wildlife!
A short snapshot from the North Pool with dunlins (flying), redshanks, shelducks, great black-backed gulls and more.
Dunlins and redshanks joined the other winter birds on the North Pool this morning. Luckily we finished our monthly bird count before the rain came down!🌧
Remembering sunnier times on the reserve ☀️🐞
Does anyone know what species this little guy is!?
As far as I can tell it's a common blue damselfly with rather pale head markings? Correct me if I'm wrong though!!!
A gorgeous photo taken by @martinreed2624 THANKYOU for letting us post it ❤️👍
#damselfly #nature #macrophotography #naturereserve #naturephotography #wilfdlifephotography #insects #sunniertimes #throwback #wheresthesungone #winterblues #beautifulnature #portburywharfnr #portishead #bristol
if anyone wants to take part in the RSPB Big garden birdwatch this weekend you can download the forms here -
www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/biggardenbirdwatch/2020/bird-id-and-counting-chart.pdf
and here
www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/biggardenbirdwatch/2020/participation-form.pdf
It was a cold and frosty January morning but things were hotting up on North Pool Island. The swans were kicking up a ruckus. Lots of chasing, wing flapping, trampling, clinches and biting.
BTW look out for the pochard, the duck with a dark chestnut head and black breast, we do not get too many of these here. . . . and the little lapwing which had to get out of the way of these colossal birds.
Look at this POSER!
Anyone who's been to the reserve will have seen the resident pair of Mute Swans, who are definitely bold enough to stand for a close up photo-shoot!
What stunning birds 😍😍😍
#swan #muteswan #birds #wildlife #resident #poser #closeup #photohraphy #wildlifephotography #portburywharfnr
#portburywharf #portishead #bristol #beauty #elegant
A Redshank 😍
These charismatic little waders aren't uncommon sights here in the winter out on the mud, but with their bright red legs I think they make great models!
#redshank #wader #bird #birdwatch #estuary #photography #wildlifephotography #portburywharf #naturereserve #naturelovers