Winter 2023: The site is operating winter hours, and the carpark is locked at 5.30pm.
This is a harvest mouse, the UK’s smallest mouse, and Stanwick Lakes is its home! Photo credit top left: Aidan Lesingham Because of habitat losses and changes in farming practices this mouse is believed to be in decline – in fact, they are classified as Near...
Join us at Stanwick Lakes’ Health and Wellbeing Week for a unique blend of nature and wellness activities. Explore the serene landscapes, engage in physical and mental wellness pursuits, and discover the healing power of nature from September 18th to 24th.
It's bird nesting season!Our nest boxes are monitored regularly, and updates will feature here. We aim to provide our wonderful nest box sponsors information about the breeding activity talking place on nature reserve at Stanwick Lakes specifically there next boxes we...
In the spring of 2022, we set up a new volunteer group– the Stanwick Lakes Wildlife Volunteer Team (WVT). The team meet up on the last Friday morning of the month to undertake tasks that help us to conserve the nature reserve at Stanwick Lakes, including monitoring...
Did you know there are more than 250 species of bee living in the UK? Find out how Stanwick Lakes supports these incredible insects and what you can do to help their decline.
Did you know that Kingfishers live at Stanwick Lakes? Find out more about them, how and where to spot them and even have a go at painting one using our step-by-step instructions.
Rockingham Forest Trust is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund, receiving £128,000 for our ‘Natureworks’ project.
All year round the Wrisdale family volunteer to keep an eye on the birds at Stanwick Lakes – monitoring them so we can find out which birds visit, which are resident, and which breed on the site. Find out how many chicks successfully fledged from our nest boxes this year.