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A video featuring four minutes of stunning highlights to date from our live stream of a 2024 Grey Heron nest is now publicly available. You can view it here.
Springwell Metal Recycling ltd. which recently established itself adjacent to our site, much to FoSL’s concern, has now submitted an application for retrospective planning permission that is littered with inaccuracies.
After a relatively quiet, month long, incubation period the three eggs which were laid in our livestreamed nest during February all hatched between March 9th and 11th. However on March 17th one chick dramatically perished.
Our two live-streamed adult birds are now sharing incubation duties. Changeovers from one to the other are generally being seen once or twice a day.
Captured by our livestream - see a clip of the moment at which the first egg is laid on our livestreamed Heron nest.
We are delighted now to be bringing you streamed live pictures from an active Grey Heron nest at Stocker’s Lake.
Our newly published 2023 bird report covers various highlights including the presence on the lake of a rare and attractive male Smew during February and March and a successful breeding season for our resident Kingfishers.
We invite you to oppose a recent planning application to develop a new Water Sports Centre on nearby Broadwater Lake. We believe that such a development would have devastating consequences for wildlife along the whole of the Colne Valley, including for Stocker’s Lake.
Following on from last year’s very hot, dry summer, 2023 produced milder conditions more favourable for butterfly development and, mirroring the national picture, produced a modest increase in numbers compared to 2022
Every autumn prior to leaf fall, our deciduous trees lose their green colour fading to reveal rich vibrant reds, yellows and oranges. Ever wondered why?
A recent inspection of Stocker’s Lake bat boxes revealed their use by a total of 14 bats including two rare Nathusius Pipistrelles.
HMWT is on the point of refurbishing our Stocker’s Lake osprey nest. This work is likely to take place in October, but we need your help.
We are delighted to now regularly be receiving reports of Water Voles being sighted at the reserve.
Thanks are due to Nick Gray and our lead Warden, Jack Westbrook. Together they recently spent an enjoyable if tiring day replacing the old leaky roof on Kingfisher Hide.
A nest in Stocker’s Lake Heronry from which we are streaming live pictures is starting to attract interest from both Little Egrets and Grey Herons.
A rare and attractive visitor, the Smew, which was last seen on the lake in early December, appears to have returned.
The current cold spell of weather has resulted in Stocker’s Lake now being almost completely frozen over. As a result most of our over-wintering wildfowl seem to have temporarily departed. On the plus side the lake is looking incredibly beautiful in the current still, frosty conditions.