Lambing season is underway! Our conservation grazing flock at Woodhall Spa Airfield has so far welcomed three single additions and one set of twins, with lots more to come. The first arrivals came a little earlier than expected, but seem to be enjoying life out on the nature reserve.

One of the latest additions to our conservation grazing herd of Lincoln red cattle is enjoying the scratching brushes our team has put up for them! We are now over halfway through calving for 2026 with 11 new arrivals so far. And just to keep everyone busy, lambing is due to start from next week.

Lapland Bunting & Shorelarks still present Sth of Crook Bank carpark last weekend @lincswildlife.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Bourne North Fen is being relandscaped to retain more water and it was fantastic to watch this drone in action today, dropping seed onto the bare earth of the newly created banks. The locally sourced mix contains primarily grasses with some wildflowers such as oxeye daisy and knapweed.

Applications are now open for this year's Marine Futures Internship Programme! This is an incredible paid opportunity for anyone passionate about marine conservation to gain a wealth of experience right across the sector. Find out more at www.lincstrust.org.uk/jobs/marine-...

Meetings that call for wellies are often the best sort! Last week, our conservation officers were joined by representatives from the Environment Agency, Natural England, district planning ecologists + ecological consultants for an on-site discussion around wetland creation and Biodiversity Net Gain.

This year we're celebrating 50 Years of Shorebird Protection at Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve. We'd love to hear from anyone who's been part of the shorebird team as a staff member or a volunteer. We’re looking for your standout memories, special moments and any old photographs.

Starting a career in conservation isn't easy but we can help. If you are an early career conservationist or looking to change career, we have vacancies for residential volunteers - with accommodation provided on National Nature Reserves in Lincolnshire. Visit: www.lincstrust.org.uk/jobs

Last week, thanks to a great team effort from volunteers & staff, a new hedge was planted at Moorby Roadside Nature Reserve. An impressive 400 metres of double-rowed hedge was planted: all with native species and biodegradable guards. Our thanks to Lincolnshire County Council and the Revesby Estate.

Our latest Wilder Lincolnshire podcast episode is all about swifts. Joined by Viv Rhodie, we uncover what makes swifts so special and learn about the local Swift Box Project that's helping our summer visitors when they arrive each year. Listen or watch here: www.lincstrust.org.uk/what-we-do/a...

Was great to catch up with the Cranes last weekend on a rare sunny day. More on justwildimages.blogspot.com @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @matthewfitzgerald.bsky.social @joshsollitt.bsky.social

We're looking for the next generation of eco heroes! Please spread the word to schools, groups and families with children under 13 who are going above and beyond for the local environment and nature. They could win cash prizes towards their projects. www.lincstrust.org.uk/lincs-environmental-awards

Make your birdwatching count 👇

Applications are now open for our next residential volunteers based in the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR on the coast and Far Ings NNR on the Humber estuary. These are fantastic opportunities to gain experience and kick start a career in nature conservation. More at www.lincstrust.org.uk/jobs

I wonder why every duck in the vicinity made a hasty retreat at Deeping Lakes. @lincswildlife.bsky.social

The volunteers from RAF Waddington braved the threatening weather with a cheerful attitude for their monthly work party in the Education Grounds at Whisby Nature Park. This month, they tackled the hazel coppice and a wild and thicketed blackthorn hedge.

Meet our first calf of 2026. She was born in the early hours of yesterday morning and has been named Fawn. We are expecting 18 calves this year in total - all Lincoln reds who will join our conservation grazing herds at Woodhall Spa Airfield and on other local nature reserves.

Only two days to go till my talk @lincswildlife.bsky.social’s Whisby reserve. Come to here about nightingales and how they transform our sense of place in spring. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-... #AuthorTalk #naturewriting

The beautiful sight of my local Barn Owl 🦉📸 @rspbengland.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Feathers #Owls #EastCoastKin #ThePhotoHour

Hear Fenscapers Rachel, Phil and Neal taking about our work & 5,000 years' worth of environmental archaeology in the Fens! Great to be invited by Fens East Peat Partnership to give a webinar last month - now on YouTube, along with many other great talks @lincswildlife.bsky.social shorturl.at/x3alQ

Thank you to the very first work party on our new wetland site, Harrison's Holme in Horncastle, who cleared two old fences and collected two bags of litter. Find out more about how the Trust is working with @eastmerciart.bsky.social to create this nature reserve at lincstrust.org.uk/harrisons-holme

2 Short-eared Owl over the Old Saltmarsh this evening from Visitor Centre Car Park (2/2/26) @lincsbirding.bsky.social

For our first Wilder Lincolnshire podcast of 2026, the team headed north to Crowle Moor to catch up with two of the Fens East Peat Partnership project officers and discuss the benefits and potential problems of using drones in conservation. Listen now at www.lincstrust.org.uk/wilder-linco...

Last year's surviving crane chick at Willow Tree Fen is now a gangly teenager and getting ready to leave home - whether it likes it or not. As the parent birds start to prepare for another nesting season, they'll drive the 10-month-old out of their territory to go it alone. 📸Dave Coats

@17sgs10.bsky.social Crikey! Some big names there among your speakers. I hope they fill the room every time. I shall try and make the @lincswildlife.bsky.social talk on 20th February. #Spalding #SpaldingGentleman'sSociety #HistoryTalks #SpoaldingEvents #Lincolnshire #SpaldingMethodistChurch

Not long now till I’m @lincswildlife.bsky.social’s Whisby reserve talking about #thecuckooslea, particularly about my search for the most northerly breeding nightingales in north-west Europe (which took me to Whisby). Come and join me! #naturewriting #authortalk @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

The evening light was fabulous at Deeping Lakes @lincswildlife.bsky.social #localnaturereserve yesterday, illuminating the Great Cormorant roost. #birdsSeenIn2026 #rainbow #landscapes

A few more of the Snow Goose, as it left it's roost at Deeping Lakes @lincswildlife.bsky.social last week. More on justwildimages.blogspot.com @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social #WildlifeOfBritain #SwanRoost #JustWildImages #CanonWildlife #UKBirds

UK nature is declining fast, yet the Fingleton Review proposes weakening vital protections. Wildlife can’t afford more loss. These plans aren’t law .. yet. There’s still time to act. Speak up now to protect nature 👉 action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/183790/...

Join us and author @drmjwarren.bsky.social at Whisby Nature Park near Lincoln next month for a fascinating journey into the past through the secrets of place names inspired by birds. His talk will include the story of how he came to Whisby in search of Britain’s most northerly nightingale.

A walk in to Gib along the beach was productive today, found the 2 Shorelark and the single Snow Bunting feeding on the tideline but more surprisingly an unseasonal Little Stint feeding with 6 Dunlin in a muddy creek @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

A couple of hours at Horseshoe Point. 102 whoopers were accompanied by 3 white fronts and 2 pink feet. Merlin, marsh harrier and lots of twite. A treat to capture this hare in the low winter sunshine. #lincsbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Snow Goose Deeping Lakes @lincsbirding.bsky.social

A huge thank you to everyone who came to our beach clean at Gibraltar Point on 2 January 2026. An incredible 208kg of rubbish was collected including plastic bottles and trays, fishing gear, pieces of clothing and metal cans. Join us for our next Beach Clean on Saturday 28 March at Gibraltar Point.

It’s #NationalBirdDay, so here’s a few shots of one of my favourite species! 🦉 Taken between Christmas and New Year at Deeping Lakes @lincswildlife.bsky.social — one unusually out in the open and a more typical view. More photos on the blog: justwildimages.blogspot.com @lincsbirding.bsky.social

It's an absolutely beautiful morning here at our Banovallum House headquarters in Horncastle. If you've had snow where you are, or you've been out on any of our reserves, we'd love to see your wintry nature photos.

For @alan678.bsky.social #speckles&spots themed #BirdOfTheDay a Spotted Crake from Gibraltar Point LWT @lincswildlife.bsky.social #Lincsbirding #Birds #birdphotography #nature

🎙Our latest #WilderLincolnshire podcast episode is out now! 🎧 In our final episode of the year, Melvyn looks back on 2025 with CEO Paul Learoyd and chats with Chair Prof Libby John on the exciting potential of an area of grassland the Trust is fundraising to acquire.

Join us for a New Year beach clean at Gibraltar Point on Friday 2 January from 10am-12pm. All equipment will be provided, but if you have your own litter picker, please feel free to bring it along. Find out more here: www.lincstrust.org.uk/events/2026-... We’d love to see you there!

Enjoy a mince pie on us! Join us at the Far Ings Visitor Centre on New Years Day and enjoy a free mince pie with a view. Drop in to the Visitor Centre from 10am - 4pm (mince pies available whilst stocks last!) 🎄 🥧

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year from all of us at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust 🌲 ❄️ 📷 Far Ings National Nature Reserve (Andy Sharp)

Christmas Day marks the start of #12DaysWild, our annual winter challenge to connect with nature every day of the traditional 12 days of Christmas. Sign up and we’ll send you daily ideas and digital resources to help you make the most of a truly wild winter: lincstrust.org.uk/12-days-wild

Willow Tree Fen pm 20/11/25 15 Crane, 247 Whooper Swan, 30 Marsh Harrier, 1-2 Merlin, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, 44 Goosander, 3 GW Egret, 3 C Egret, Bittern, 7 L Egret, L Owl, G Woodpecker, 3 Stonechat & 5+ Snipe @lincswildlife.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @matthewfitzgerald.bsky.social

A great winter's day birding with my old mate Chris Heaton on the Lincs Coast. 3 Shorelark still present between Crook Bank and Brickyard Lane. 90 Whoopers, 18 twite, marsh harrier & merlin at Horseshoe Point. #lincsbirding @msj99.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Huge thanks to the team from RAF Waddington for all their work within the education grounds at Whisby Nature Park over the past year. Some hard tasks have been completed in occasionally dreary weather but it's all incredibly helpful in managing the site for the benefit of both wildlife and people.

Black-throated &Great Northern Divers, Covenham Reservoir again this morning @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #Birds

Lots of Fieldfares (Turdus pilaris) in the morning sunshine at Fiskerton Fen this morning. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #winter #migrants #visitors #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #lincolnshire

Starling murmurations are notoriously unpredictable but it looks like numbers are building at Whisby Nature Park. While there's no guarantee they'll stay or put on a display, the best chance of seeing them is on the southern shore of Grebe Lake from about 3.30pm.

Like Christmas decorations, 22 Corn Buntings have returned to their pre-roost Sycamore in late afternoon sunshine at Gib Point. Always a pleasure to hear their clicking flight calls as they dash over the saltmarsh @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

This is a fantastic site, and well worth supporting if you are able. As good as it is (& I’ve been watching it for c25 years) it has the potential to be even better with appropriate management. A great opportunity for nature recovery in this intensively farmed county #lincsbirding