Reserve: Ladywalk

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Update on the Entrance Gate Padlock at Ladywalk Reserve

Following the disappearance of the previous gate lock, the site managers have installed a new one. Please note that the combination on the replacement lock now has 5 numbers, please use a zero as the first number and the use the four digit number that is printed on your membership cards.

Just a heads‑up so everyone is aware. Thank you!

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Don Ainsworth

November 15, 2025

Ladywalk flood - the good and the bad

The river bursting its banks at Ladywalk is nothing new, and it sure does make a mess. Right now, the water is receding, but the volunteers who do so much to look after the site will be working hard to clean up. The good news is that the reed bed development project, which included the building of new islands, needed a flood to raise the water level. As the water recedes to a natural level, we'll get to see the full benefit of the work that was recently completed. The A hide is accessible with good welly boots. The B hide, needs the water to go down a bit as I'm told the water is very deep just before the steps into the hide (water went over the top of his boots). Take great care at the entrance gate because there's a lot of debris to wade through close to the gate itself. Great to see large numbers of teal, wigeon, shovelers, gadwall and mallards with a few gorgeous pintails too. No sign of the escapee (presumably) swan goose when I was looking.

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stephenbottrill

October 23, 2025

photography

hello

for those interested in photography there is a Flickr site for both ladywalk and belvide reserves

ladywalk is https://www.flickr.com/groups/14667052@N22/pool/

belvide is https://www.flickr.com/groups/14700700@N21/pool/

where photos can be viewed and added to - joining Flickr is free and you can add up to 1000 photos to your page and then share them to groups

ladywalk currently has 69 members and belvide 30 it is a great way of sharing your photos

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David Lawton

Nov 07, 2025

Already there 😁

Ruth Newby

July 28, 2025

Butterfly Survey, July 25th

This was my week to do the butterfly survey on the reserve (the survey is carried out weekly from April to September, with 9 volunteer surveyors doing each responsible for 3 weeks). This week I counted 131 butterflies of 10 species, a good total reflecting the fact that this has been a good summer for butterflies. Large Whites were most numerous, followed by Speckled Wood & Red Admiral. Other species seen were: Small White, Green-veined White, Comma, Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper.