Warburg Nature Reserve
A hidden wildlife gem nestling in the Chiltern Hills, rich in wildlife that will lift your spirits whatever the season.
A hidden wildlife gem nestling in the Chiltern Hills, rich in wildlife that will lift your spirits whatever the season.
The shiny, translucent porcelain fungus certainly lives up to its name in appearance. It can be seen growing on beech trees and dead wood in summer and autumn.
Warburg Nature Reserve is buzzing with life, and full of colour from wild flowers and insects
The candlesnuff fungus is very common. It has an erect, stick-like or forked fruiting body with a black base and white, powdery tip. It grows on dead and rotting wood.
Kelly, the new warden at Warburg Nature Reserve, has been falling in love with her new work place
As spring unfolds at Warburg Nature Reserve, Kelly looks back at the succession of plants and animals appearing through the season.
After her first year at Warburg Nature Reserve, Kelly sees signs of spring emerging once again.
The diminutive common eyelash fungus can be found on wet wood and humous-rich damp soil, often by streams or in wet places. Its orange cup is fringed with tiny, black hairs, providing its common…
We are looking for someone to engage with visitors to Warburg Nature Reserve by walking the trails, chatting to people about nature, and checking the site.
No special qualification…
The stinkhorn has an unmistakeable and intense stench that has been likened to rotting meat. Its appearance is also very distinctive: a phallic, white, stem-like structure, with a brown, bell-…
The Loddon Nature Reserve's lake and shallow fringes create ideal conditions for wintering birds, such as gadwall, tufted duck, pochard and snipe.
A tranquil woodland, CS Lewis Nature Reserve contains a large pond full of aquatic plants and toads that migrate to spawn here.