Maple Lodge Nature Reserve
@maplelodgereserve.bsky.social
One of Hertfordshire's hidden secrets - a private nature reserve, home to a rich variety of wildlife including waterfowl, woodland birds, bats and butterflies.
The British Photography Awards 2025
CONGRATULATIONS to @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Barry Webb, on winning the 2025 People’s Choice Award for Macro Photography!
#slimemoulds
CONGRATULATIONS to @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Barry Webb, on winning the 2025 People’s Choice Award for Macro Photography!
#slimemoulds
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The British Photography Awards 2025
CONGRATULATIONS to @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Barry Webb, on winning the 2025 People’s Choice Award for Macro Photography!
#slimemoulds
CONGRATULATIONS to @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Barry Webb, on winning the 2025 People’s Choice Award for Macro Photography!
#slimemoulds
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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sparrowhawk @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social Photo by Martin Patten.
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #sparrowhawk #birdofprey #birds
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #sparrowhawk #birdofprey #birds
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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New @birdtrack.bsky.social migration blog!
➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/news/blog/migblog/24-oct-2025 Reports of winter thrushes continued to rise along with Brambling & Goldcrest. We’ve also seen a spike in Jack Snipe & more Short-eared & Long-eared Owls were recorded on the east coast. #Ornithology
➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/news/blog/migblog/24-oct-2025 Reports of winter thrushes continued to rise along with Brambling & Goldcrest. We’ve also seen a spike in Jack Snipe & more Short-eared & Long-eared Owls were recorded on the east coast. #Ornithology
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New @birdtrack.bsky.social migration blog!
➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/news/blog/migblog/24-oct-2025 Reports of winter thrushes continued to rise along with Brambling & Goldcrest. We’ve also seen a spike in Jack Snipe & more Short-eared & Long-eared Owls were recorded on the east coast. #Ornithology
➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/news/blog/migblog/24-oct-2025 Reports of winter thrushes continued to rise along with Brambling & Goldcrest. We’ve also seen a spike in Jack Snipe & more Short-eared & Long-eared Owls were recorded on the east coast. #Ornithology
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October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🌾 🐭Join the Mammal Society #NationalHarvestMouseSurvey from Oct to Mar!
Help record nests and protect this species! No experience or specialist equipment is needed and anyone can get involved.
👉 Learn how to get involved: https://mammal.org.uk/current-research/national-harvest-mouse-survey
Help record nests and protect this species! No experience or specialist equipment is needed and anyone can get involved.
👉 Learn how to get involved: https://mammal.org.uk/current-research/national-harvest-mouse-survey
October 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🌾 🐭Join the Mammal Society #NationalHarvestMouseSurvey from Oct to Mar!
Help record nests and protect this species! No experience or specialist equipment is needed and anyone can get involved.
👉 Learn how to get involved: https://mammal.org.uk/current-research/national-harvest-mouse-survey
Help record nests and protect this species! No experience or specialist equipment is needed and anyone can get involved.
👉 Learn how to get involved: https://mammal.org.uk/current-research/national-harvest-mouse-survey
Common Snipe @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. Photo by Daniel Ellerby.
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
#birds #waders #snipe
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
#birds #waders #snipe
October 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Common Snipe @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. Photo by Daniel Ellerby.
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
#birds #waders #snipe
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
#birds #waders #snipe
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A water rail - swimming! At @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social on Saturday.
#birding #birds #ukwildlife #wildlife @colnevalley.bsky.social
#birding #birds #ukwildlife #wildlife @colnevalley.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A water rail - swimming! At @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social on Saturday.
#birding #birds #ukwildlife #wildlife @colnevalley.bsky.social
#birding #birds #ukwildlife #wildlife @colnevalley.bsky.social
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Was a bit quiet at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social yesterday. This female sparrowhawk might be the reason! #ukbirding #hertsbirds
October 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Was a bit quiet at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social yesterday. This female sparrowhawk might be the reason! #ukbirding #hertsbirds
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Always lovely to spend an afternoon with the kingfishers at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. This female was out fishing immediately after the rain on Sunday.
Plus bonus migrant hawker dragonfly pic.
#birdwatching #ukbirding #kingfisher #dragonfly #odonata @colnevalley.bsky.social
Plus bonus migrant hawker dragonfly pic.
#birdwatching #ukbirding #kingfisher #dragonfly #odonata @colnevalley.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Always lovely to spend an afternoon with the kingfishers at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. This female was out fishing immediately after the rain on Sunday.
Plus bonus migrant hawker dragonfly pic.
#birdwatching #ukbirding #kingfisher #dragonfly #odonata @colnevalley.bsky.social
Plus bonus migrant hawker dragonfly pic.
#birdwatching #ukbirding #kingfisher #dragonfly #odonata @colnevalley.bsky.social
Nuthatch at the reserve yesterday. Photo by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Iain Nibbsy.
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #nuthatch #birds
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #nuthatch #birds
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Nuthatch at the reserve yesterday. Photo by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Iain Nibbsy.
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #nuthatch #birds
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #nuthatch #birds
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The Visitor Centre in #Denham is now temporarily Closed.
Please rest assured that the Colne Valley Park continues to offer countless ways to get out and explore your local countryside.
Please rest assured that the Colne Valley Park continues to offer countless ways to get out and explore your local countryside.
September 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Visitor Centre in #Denham is now temporarily Closed.
Please rest assured that the Colne Valley Park continues to offer countless ways to get out and explore your local countryside.
Please rest assured that the Colne Valley Park continues to offer countless ways to get out and explore your local countryside.
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This 2023 survey proves the national importance of the lakes of the Northern half of the Colne Valley Regional Park for water birds. The headlines revealed that Broadwater Lake remains the key refuge, Stocker’s Lake second.
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/ducking-and-...
@HMWTBadger @Hillingdon
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/ducking-and-...
@HMWTBadger @Hillingdon
Ducking and Diving in the Colne Valley - Colne Valley Regional Park
The wetland resource of the Colne Valley: a re-assessment of its importance to nature conservation, with special reference to waterbirds, is a survey commissioned in 2023 to look at water bird populat...
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This 2023 survey proves the national importance of the lakes of the Northern half of the Colne Valley Regional Park for water birds. The headlines revealed that Broadwater Lake remains the key refuge, Stocker’s Lake second.
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/ducking-and-...
@HMWTBadger @Hillingdon
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/ducking-and-...
@HMWTBadger @Hillingdon
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Kingfisher, Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler from a visit to Maple Lodge yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds
September 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Kingfisher, Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler from a visit to Maple Lodge yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #hertsbirds #londonbirds
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Legal challenge over datacentre on #GreenBelt land.
Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW #Iver #Buckinghamshire facility
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW #Iver #Buckinghamshire facility
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@theguardian.com
Angela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt land
Exclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Legal challenge over datacentre on #GreenBelt land.
Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW #Iver #Buckinghamshire facility
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@theguardian.com
Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW #Iver #Buckinghamshire facility
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@theguardian.com
A new set of signs for our hides! Produced and installed by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social volunteer, Paul Marshall. @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A new set of signs for our hides! Produced and installed by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social volunteer, Paul Marshall. @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social
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NewsFlash: Government has stated that they value the Colne Valley and want to see it protected.
We need to help them turn these words into concrete action before the Park is lost under concrete. Read this link to find out more, including how you can help
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/protection-o...
We need to help them turn these words into concrete action before the Park is lost under concrete. Read this link to find out more, including how you can help
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/protection-o...
Parliamentary debate on Protection for the Colne Valley Regional Park - Colne Valley Regional Park
The government recognises the vital role that the Colne Valley Regional Park plays in providing access to the countryside for millions of people who live in close proximity… its importance for biodive...
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
NewsFlash: Government has stated that they value the Colne Valley and want to see it protected.
We need to help them turn these words into concrete action before the Park is lost under concrete. Read this link to find out more, including how you can help
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/protection-o...
We need to help them turn these words into concrete action before the Park is lost under concrete. Read this link to find out more, including how you can help
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/protection-o...
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A wasp spider finishing off its meal at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social this afternoon. #spider #wildlife #waspspider
August 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A wasp spider finishing off its meal at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social this afternoon. #spider #wildlife #waspspider
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Our Festival Fortnight is over this year. A big thank you to all our partners for making it such a success. Hope you all enjoyed and will be back next year for another fortnight of fun.
@woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @chilternoam.bsky.social @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social
@woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @chilternoam.bsky.social @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Our Festival Fortnight is over this year. A big thank you to all our partners for making it such a success. Hope you all enjoyed and will be back next year for another fortnight of fun.
@woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @chilternoam.bsky.social @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social
@woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @chilternoam.bsky.social @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social
Kingfisher @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social - one of at least five being seen regularly at the moment! Photo by Daniel Ellerby.
@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @londonkingfishers.bsky.social #kingfisher #bird
@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @londonkingfishers.bsky.social #kingfisher #bird
August 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Kingfisher @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social - one of at least five being seen regularly at the moment! Photo by Daniel Ellerby.
@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @londonkingfishers.bsky.social #kingfisher #bird
@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @londonkingfishers.bsky.social #kingfisher #bird
Wasp Spider @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social Photo by Paul Davis
@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social #spiders
@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social #spiders
July 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Wasp Spider @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social Photo by Paul Davis
@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social #spiders
@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social #spiders