The Abberton Reservoir Nature Discovery Park, which is visited by up to 40,000 ducks, swans and geese visit each year, is about seven miles (11km) from the coast at Mersea Island. The BTO has said ...

The 15-sided Essex Wildlife Trust building at Abberton Reservoir has been built as part of a £150m project to more than double its capacity. The site of the previous centre will be flooded as ...

We are at Essex Wildlife Trust’s Abberton Reservoir, about five miles from Colchester, looking for wildfowl, whose numbers are boosted in winter by visitors from the even colder north.

A RARE red-footed falcon, a striking and scarce bird of prey, sent a ripple of excitement through Essex’s birdwatching community. The sleek, dark-winged raptor was photographed by Essex ...