At the end of October Heather and I had the privilege of being invited to a special 'thank you' event held at Whisby Nature Reserve and organised by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust to say thankyou to those people who used to deliver magazines pre-Covid. We were treated to coffee and cake, encouraged to take part in a range of activities to 'unleash the inner child' and presented with a new LWT publication: Wild Lincolnshire. In the afternoon we joined a guided walk led by Matthew Capper, Head of Public Engagement and Communications, and Graham, the reserve warden for the past 18 years. It was fascinating to listen to Graham describing the various management strategies on the reserve. These have seen a huge increase in orchids on the reserve, especially the green-flowered helleborine, although, sadly they have not managed to help save the dwindling population of nightingales. However, with a new rewilding initiative (similar to Knepp) about to start at nearby Boothby Pagnell, there is hope that they will return in the future. Of course, some birding was indulged in, the highlight being good views of brambling, my first for several years, and calling lesser redpoll and siskin.
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