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Official account for the award-winning Nature Centre & cafe, the gateway to Attenborough Nature Reserve - a haven for wildlife managed by @NottsWildlife

Attenborough, Nottingham
Joined November 2010
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 months
This incredible mole was spotted swimming at Attenborough in the flood water today! 🥺 Amazing to see such resilience in a rarely seen species & brings hope that wildlife can survive & adapt to these events that are ever increasing in the face of climate change. 🎥Peter Stanyon
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Peace and tranquility at Attenborough Nature Reserve (photo: Kev Sewell)
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
4 years
Celebrations here today now that @Nottswildlife are the proud owners of the reserve! Paul (Chief Executive) & Phil (Head of the team responsible for fundraising) give thanks to everyone who has played their part whether staff, volunteers, donors and funders. We did it!🤩🥳🍾
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
8 years
46 Waxwings currently in the Attenborough Nature Centre car park! @RareBirdAlertUK @Nottswildlife @Nottingham_Post @BBCNottingham
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
New to the Reserve, the tiny rue-leaved saxifrage (in macro). No wonder Darwin thought it was in the sundew family! @Nottswildlife @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
The snow has barely just cleared from the meadow and already the tiny glabrous whitlow-grass is in flower. @BSBIbotany @Nottswildlife
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Cowslips in flower in the middle of November! Something's not right??? @BSBIbotany @Nottswildlife @WildlifeTrusts
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
In light of recent news reports, the cafe at Attenborough is switching to 100% compostable takeaway coffee cups and lids. #LoveAttenborough
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Loads of activity at the sand martin bank today. First eggs, just in time for Easter and 16 complete nests! @SpringWatchUK @Nottswildlife @wildlife_uk @WildlifeTrusts
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
8 years
Truly breathtaking display from the starlings this evening #LoveAttenborough #LoveStarlings @bbcemt @BBCNottingham
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
The robins at Attenborough Nature Reserve are not only friendly, they are now posing for photographs too! @DailyMailUK @BBCSpringwatch @WildlifeMag @WildlifeTrusts @Nottswildlife
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
The amazing starling video from Attenborough is still in the BBC top 10 most watched. If you haven't seen it yet, view it here:
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
8 years
Beautiful orange tip dusted with dew after a frost and fog this morning in Nottinghamshire @ButterfliesEM @Nottswildlife @savebutterflies
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
The Attenborough Nature Centre cafe is really getting behind #mammalweek with their 'badger'ccinos @Mammal_Society
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
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⚠️ Please DO NOT attempt to visit @AttenboroughNR by car or by foot for your safety!⚠️ This is the flooded Attenborough Nature Centre car park this morning. 🎥: Miriam Lawley @nottslive @ITVCentral @westbridgfdwire @Notts_TV @bbcemt
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 months
Please do not access the reserve. The water levels are still high as expected and the centre will remain closed all weekend. We will continue to monitor the situation. @nat_fahy @nottslive @bbcemt @Notts_TV @BBCNottingham @ITVCentral
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
2 years
Recently spotted at Attenborough Nature Reserve - the firecrest 🔥 Firecrests are an unusual sight in this area - they are similar in size to the goldcrest, our smallest bird. 📸: David Tipling/2020VISION
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
A moth not seen in Nottinghamshire for 120 years has appeared at Attenborough Nature Reserve! It was a real Easter surprise to find the Blossom Underwing in the moth trap this morning! One was last spotted in Sherwood Forest in 1899.
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
An adorable little wood mouse peaking out from underneath one of the boulders whilst we were locking up last night! @Nottswildlife @wildlife_uk @WildlifeMag @WildlifeTrusts @NatureUK @Britnatureguide @BBCSpringwatch
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Just had the most incredible wildlife experience ever! An otter less than a few ft away from the Church Path on Ireton Pond. #LoveAttenborough
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
2 years
Recently spotted at Attenborough - the bittern! A rare and shy heron, it spends much of its time hidden away in reedbeds, where it feeds on eels and other fish. 🐟 We have also had sightings of Cetti's warbler, water rail, cattle egret, stonechat, and redwing. 👀 📸: Jamie Hall
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
This bug has the only mechanical gears to ever be found in nature and it has just been spotted at Attenborough Nature Reserve. A first for Nottinghamshire it seems too! More on @BBCNottingham with @alanclifford and Tim Sexton after 2pm
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
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These stunning photos of a male otter at Attenborough by regular visitor Gary Barber highlight the value of wetland habitat for the recovery of our native wildlife. 📸: Gary Barber (1/3)
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Cute robin snowflake pic #snowday #Snowmageddon at @Nottswildlife Attenborough Nature Reserve @BBCSpringwatch
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
5 years
This little cutie has been getting a lot of attention at the nature centre today. The first spring arrival!
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
9 years
@MothNight thought you might like our 'Game of Thorns' poster #MothNight @savebutterflies http://t.co/RucxuZd38t
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
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After otters became extinct in Notts in the 1970s, Attenborough Nature Reserve was one of the first places they were recorded as they began returning to the county in the early 2000s. 📸: Gary Barber (2/3)
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Well done Robin Brace. Birdguides Photo of the week with an incredible picture of the firecrest that is currently at Attenborough -
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 months
We can confirm the mole was OK! The team were onsite assessing the floods and took the opportunity to film it coming towards them and to help but it found dry land by itself.
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
5 years
Operation Murmuration 2019 has begun! Some 10,000 birds have been performing their 'Aerial Ballet' every evening in the sky above Clifton Pond this week. Tim will be bringing you this and all the other latest news from Attenborough on @BBCNottingham with @alanclifford after 2pm
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
8 years
@BBCSpringwatch there are some incredible fungi around at the moment - like these amazingly blue Stropharia sp. found at @IdleValleyChat
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
A scarce species in Nottinghamshire, the long-tailed duck, a type of sea duck, appeared alongside the nature centre this afternoon. Digiscoped through @opticronuk MM4 60 ED with SDL zoom. @rbabox
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
5 years
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Our new security guards...
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
9 years
There's some strange fungi found 'ear' @AttenboroughNR like this incredible Jelly Ear @ukfungusday @BritMycolSoc http://t.co/g6I6LmozEf
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
9 years
Just about sums up this winter really! @BSBIbotany @Nottswildlife
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
The dunlin is back outside the centre today! @Nottswildlife @WildlifeTrusts @WildlifeMag
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
5 years
In the middle of Nottingham city, right outside @BBCNottingham @bbcemt growing among the crisp packets, sandwich wrappers and plastic bottles! Hare's Foot Clover and Yellow Wort - two very uncommon plants in Notts. Proof that brownfield sites are great for wildlife! @BSBIbotany
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 years
It seems, by popular demand, our baby heron has been named 'Boris' @MayorofLondon Please RT if you love nature http://t.co/kZFZAN8nVV
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 years
These adorable pipistrelles have found a new home at Attenborough after being rescued from a nearby home improvement http://t.co/ncWTVUTNdO
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
There are some super friendly robins at Attenborough Nature Reserve at the moment. Why not come and expeience a Close Encounter of the 'Bird' Kind for yourself? @wildlife_uk @WildlifeMag @NatureUK @BBCSpringwatch @Britnatureguide @WildlifeTrusts @Nottswildlife
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
First a bird, now a whale! What shapes have you seen in the murmurations at Attenborough?...
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
A new species for the Reserve - rue leaved saxifrage. Found on Corbett's Meadow flowering after the flood water receeded @BSBIbotany @Nottswildlife
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Heard of a Tree Frog? Well this evening we found a Tree Newt! A smooth newt spotted 5ft up a tree, whilst we were doing a torch light spider survey. @Nottswildlife @froglifers
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
@_BTO A common tern visiting the Nature Centre this morning turned out to be a bird ringed here 18 years ago! SX79098 #AmazingMigrationStory
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Rather strange to see cowslips flowering on the Reserve in October! They typically flower between April and May. @BSBIbotany any ideas?
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
3 years
Our beautiful rare breed longhorns are at Clifton Pond on Attenborough Nature Reserve, carrying out there conservation grazing duties. See if you can spot them but please do keep dogs on leads.
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Great views of a great white egret yesterday on the Reserve. This pic by @HenryKirkwood92 as it was coming in to land in the Wheatear Field @BirdWatchingMag
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
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NWT staff and volunteers were left feeling angry and frustrated after the theft of vital tools and equipment, as well as damage to storage units and a catering pod on Monday night left the charity facing a bill of up to £10,000. Read the full story: 1/2
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 years
Our heron chicks have hatched just in time for Easter! Tim will be talking to @PipWatts on @BBCNottingham later today http://t.co/2PGbJpsfgV
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
A moth not seen in Nottinghamshire for 120 years has appeared at Attenborough Nature Reserve! It was a real Easter surprise to find the Blossom Underwing in the moth trap this morning! One was last spotted in Sherwood Forest,1899 @BBCNottingham @NottinghamPost @bbcemt @MothNight
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
3 years
Fantastic to see! Can't wait before we will hopefully be doing the same @IdleValleyChat 😊🦫
@WildlifeTrusts
The Wildlife Trusts
3 years
Here is the wonderful moment @DerbysWildlife released their first beaver at Willington Wetlands! She was shortly followed by her partner and they are now busy settling into their new home. 🦫💚🦫 📷Kayleigh Wright
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Great news from the Reserve!
@bbcemt
BBC East Midlands
6 years
😍🐦 1,000 sand martin chicks have now hatched at this "hotel for birds" at @AttenboroughNR
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
9 years
A Punk Caterpillar(Vapourer Moth) from the Reserve. Striking similarity! @savebutterflies @wildlifetrusts @MothNight
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 years
A new species for Attenborough and possibly first record for Nottinghamshire too - the Girdled Snail http://t.co/QjLaxR5PvU
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
11 years
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
2 years
Remember how dangerous icy ponds and lakes can be. If you are visiting any wetlands during freezing temperatures, please ensure that none of your group ventures on to the ice. Please also remember to keep all dogs on leads to keep them safe to.
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
5 years
The aptly named swollen-thighed beetle is unmistakable - even in silhouette! They have just started appearing in the meadows again at Attenborough @Buzz_dont_tweet @Nottswildlife @WildlifeTrusts
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
#NoFilter just some Saharan sand in the air thanks to #HurricaneOphelia
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Our huge thanks goes out to #RedWatch from @nottsfire #HighfieldsFireStation in Beeston for helping us save our wildlife pond. Using a portable pump to refill the pond with water from the adjacent lake, they completed in half an hour what would have take a day of volunteer time!
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
9 years
We are very excited to announce that bitterns have bred, for the first time ever in Nottinghamshire, here at... http://t.co/zHRdO36LLi
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 years
Another Azure Damselfly from this morning. Wings dusted with morning dew. @wildlife_uk @britwildlife @BDSdragonflies http://t.co/uC1g7yJFjQ
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Who has spotted the tens of thousands of whitefly that have emerged over the last few days? They made it look like it was snowing at times today. These true bugs can be pests of plants (particularly cabbages) and have benefited from the hot summer - the spiders seem happy though!
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
5 years
A beautiful sunny scene greeted us this morning! Most routes are now accessible although the usual spots are still impassable (Church Path and path to Corbett's Meadow)
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
More rue-leaved saxifrage on the way to work this morning in Attenborough village. This time as a #pavementplant mixed in with plenty of whitlow grass @BSBIbotany @Nottswildlife @LincsNottsBNA
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Lots of Robin rivalry on the Reserve today! #LoveAttenborough @Nottswildlife @BBCSpringwatch
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
1 year
Had a visitor to the café yesterday - an eyed hawk moth! Released onto the reserve shortly after the photo was taken.
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
9 years
Raise a glass and wish Attenborough Nature Reserve a happy 50th Birthday today! Long may the staff and volunteers...
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
The toads were on the move again last night. Must be warming up! @froglifers @Nottswildlife @BBCSpringwatch @WildlifeTrusts
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Anybody else think this daphnia looks like a ghost??? @Nottswildlife @freshwaterbio
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
4 years
Beavers are coming back to Nottinghamshire! After a 400-year absence in the county, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust needs your help to bring beaver back to our sister site @IdleValleyChat Support us now 👉
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
2 years
We are open 9am-4pm New Years Day and Bank Holiday Monday Pop into the cafe & shop after a wildlife walk around our beautiful nature reserve Happy New Year from our team here at Attenborough Nature Reserve 🦡🦔🐞🦆🦉
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
The first of the female alder flowers have started to show at Attenborough NAture Reserve - despite the cold! @BSBIbotany @Nottswildlife
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
11 years
Is it a Bee?, Is it a Fly? no it's a Bee-Fly! Coming soon to a flower near you! @Buzz_dont_tweet @Nottswildlife http://t.co/ZM9nfih6is
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
11 years
Lovely Kingfisher photo sent in by Andrew Simpson. Spotted on some reeds in front of Kingfisher Hide. @wildlife_uk http://t.co/E7brlYTu9T
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Apparently today is #WorldSparrowDay and #WorldFrogDay so here's a frog and a tree sparrow from Attenborough Nature Reserve - taken in the same week a year appart! #WildWeather @Nottswildlife @froglifers @treesparrows
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 months
Keep an eye out for this little mole on @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch tonight! 🤩
@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
10 months
This incredible mole was spotted swimming at Attenborough in the flood water today! 🥺 Amazing to see such resilience in a rarely seen species & brings hope that wildlife can survive & adapt to these events that are ever increasing in the face of climate change. 🎥Peter Stanyon
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
There is lots of activity at the Sand Martin Nesting Bank this morning. This week we have seen the 1,000th chick raised in the bank since it first opened in 2014! A significant milestone and testoment...
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
@BBCSpringwatch @WWTMartinMere Is this the 'Starling' Enterprise??? Taken at @Nottswildlife 's Attenborough Nature Reserve
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Babies, babies everywhere! This week was the first day of spring in the astronomical calendar and the wildlife on the Reserve seems to know it! Check out some of the signs of spring we have spotted this week. More on @BBCNottingham with @alanclifford after 2pm today.
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
5 years
As the centre entrance is still flooded, Attenborough Nature Centre will be closed again this morning. The car park is also partially flooded so we recommend staying at home for now but watch this space for when we announce it will be safely open again.
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
8 years
Starlings are putting on quite a show at Attenborough at the moment! More on @BBCNottingham after 2pm (photo - Amanda Sinclair)
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
5 years
'egrets, we've had a few! Three to be exact. And not your average little egrets, these are the much rarer cattle egrets! More about them and the early sightings of starling murmurations from Tim on @BBCNottingham with @alanclifford after 2pm today. Photo - Sean Browne
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
A little snow offers a lot of photo opportunities! Get out on the Reserve while you can, and then pop into the Nature Centre for a warming bowl of soup. @WildlifeTrusts @WildlifeMag @Nottswildlife @BBCSpringwatch
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
11 years
2 Bittern in Clifton Pond reedbed! - This one (by Sean Browne) seems to be playing Peek-a-Boo! http://t.co/oA2nwatxxb
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
8 years
After the piece this morning, photographed the frogs spawning in the Nature Centre Garden's Pond @BBCNottingham
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Great to have @deanjacksondj and @BBCNottingham deliver the morning show live from the Reserve today!
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
8 years
Should the December Moth be renamed the Chewbacca Moth??? Definitely as hairy as a wookie! @MothNight @ButterfliesEM @savebutterflies
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Only the 2nd ever record of Chysolina fastuosa on the Reserve, found by one of the @BScWildCon students on their visit today! #SweepNetFun
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
We are making happy bees in Beeston! Our Bee Nesting Cans are going down a treat at Attenborough Estates on the High Road. Why not pop in to our pop-up shop throughout November and take your first steps on the Wildlife Property Ladder?
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Just in case you wondered what happened to the badger...it returned from the portal late on Saturday night! #BadgerMonday @Nottswildlife
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
7 years
Fanfare please....We have just had our 1,000th egg laid in the artificial sand martin nesting bank!!!
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
6 years
Spiders are fascinating creatures and are vitally important in the ecosystem. They should be loved not loathed. If you want to learn more about them, join @ArachNotts at Attenborough tomorrow at Attenborough for our #LoveSpiders event. 10am - 4pm @Buzz_dont_tweet @BritishSpiders
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
3 years
Our longhorn ladies can be seen from the Tower Hide at Attenborough Nature Reserve today, carrying out their conservation grazing duties at Clifton Pond.
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
8 years
Attenborough Nature Reserve will feature on The One Show this evening at 7pm along with some of our very friendly...
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@AttenboroughNR
Attenborough Reserve
4 years
The team have been busy clearing brambles, scrub and overhanging branches from a popular section of the riverside path. This means that visitors can now use the full width of the paths to aid social distancing.
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