Trimley Marshes

This last week has been very busy on the Trimley reserve.  The mid-week team and the Trimley volunteers have been cutting the grass on the islands and raking off the clippings in readiness for this winter’s wildfowl.

Photo by Anna Alam

Observations have included up to 11 Ruff, several Green Sandpipers, 3 Buzzards, Whinchat and Sand Martins and Swallows have been heading south all week.  There have also been several fresh Red Admirals

On Sunday around 160 scouts took part in Beachwatch, which was even more successful than last year and could again be the largest single Beachwatch event in the UK.   Some of the more unusual items collected this year included a plastic skeleton, football, plastic drain cover, box of pills and a road cone. 

I would like to thank Andrew Cassy from BT for organizing the event and to everyone for making the day a great success for the benefit of our local environment and community.

Today at Levington Creek there was a Dotterel in with the roosting Golden Plover.