Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve
Created from flooded gravel pits, Blashford Lakes is now a bustling centre of activity, used by thousands of birds all year round including kingfisher, lapwing and oystercatcher.
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Created from flooded gravel pits, Blashford Lakes is now a bustling centre of activity, used by thousands of birds all year round including kingfisher, lapwing and oystercatcher.
We need volunteers to help us on our nature reserves and other land we manage.
It’s hard to believe that Blashford Lakes nature reserve was once a gravel extraction site, but now, thanks to the hard work and dedication of Trust staff and volunteers, it has become the haven…
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We are looking for creative individuals with photography experience to help build our catalogue of seasonal images of our nature reserves.
Testwood Lakes is a hidden wildlife haven where lapwing, oystercatcher and great crested grebe breed in the spring, and butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies gather in the summer. A beautiful…
Syston Lakes nature reserve is a restored gravel pit alongside the River Wreake. A permissive circular footpath takes you around a mix of woodland, scrub, brambles and open water. It provides the…
| Hiring multiple candidates |
We are looking for two Senior Reserves Officers to lead on the management of our nature reserves.
Lound Lakes is a wonderfully wildlife rich site containing a mosaic of habitats, including woodland, acid and lowland grassland, open water, rush pasture and fen meadow.
Once gravel pits, this land was flooded and transformed into a wildlife haven where you can discover new wildlife round every bend or sit back on one of the benches and take it all in