Yesterday we officially went live and what a day it was.
Such a great atmosphere at the reserve and the sun made the site look extra special.
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The BBC team has been busy getting all of the footage for the star species on the show and we've had some wonderful shots so far. The badgers have really come to life and are giving us such a show. Keep your eyes peeled for more footage coming showing the badgers and their amazing antics.
And the avocets are having a super year so far. It's amazing to see these birds beamed into the living rooms of millions of you all – I hope you've been enjoying them too? Avocets made a comeback in the 1940s and have become one of the most successful conservation projects in the UK. And they are a truly stunning bird, their long slender bill gliding across the water looking for food and those legs – what wonderful blue legs.
• A tour of Minsmere:
Minsmere's herd of konik ponies give Champion the Wonder Horse a run for his money. Working all-year-round, these guys help keep vegetation short, creating the perfect habitat for ground nesting birds. They are far cheaper to run, can work where tractors fear to tread (deep mud and water), increase biodiversity and are sustainable. Ecologists were not the first people to utilise the koniks' ability to have great stamina on little fodder. During the First World War, German and Russian armies found koniks could pull artillery through the mud with greater ease than the horses, especially when there was less food. A total wonder horse!
• My Minsmere:
Sam Ovendon – Sam is the RSPB's membership manager and has been working for the RSPB for more than six years. She is based at Minsmere and holds the reserve very close to her heart.
Her dad used to bring her to Minsmere when she was a little girl and she once told him that one day she would work there. Her favourite thing about Minsmere are the sand martins.
• Giving nature a home:
If you have a lawn, it can be a great place for wildlife to live – especially if you let it grow.
When it is time to cut your lawn, raise the height of your mower blades.
This may make it better for bugs, which provide vital food for other animals.
If you have space, a patch of longer grass over summer and winder might house and shelter all sorts of wildlife.
You may even attract some butterflies, moths and grasshoppers that need long grass to complete their life cycles.
At Minsmere we use this principle to create differing heights of reed bed to support various birds, bugs and beasts.
The main reed beds are cut on a seven-year rotation, with a smaller area cut annually.
This creates variation in the height of reed, meaning it can give a home to even more bird and invertebrate species.
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