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Tuesday 27th March

Only a few more days and we will be in April, already a quarter of the year gone. The area is slowly drying out but nothing is growing, and the birds have not started nesting, it will require a dramatic change in the temperature to get it going but this is England and anything can […]

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Monday 18th March

On Friday found a load more frog spawn in one of the pools used by the natterjacks, so have moved it to one of the other ponds further south. The nats normally start laying early April and by then the frog tadpoles will have had a head start, and removing them gives the nats a […]

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Recent Sightings

Hi, well somewhat recovered I have been back walking the reserve and boring Bri with the odd joke or two !! On Thursday 14th Bri was topping up the south feeder and my attention was taken by the crows calling on the salt marsh. As I went to see the cause I saw an old […]

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Monday 11th March

Over the weekend Art Gene, contracted by Natural England, have been interviewing the local public at North Scale, West Shore and Earnsy Bay, as part of their initial research into what people would like to see done to the North End reserve, if anything. It will be very interesting to see what the majority of […]

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Thursday 7th March

Well it’s been the first rain for about four weeks, just when we were just getting used to the dry, the area has dried out quite a bit but some paths are still inaccessible without wellies. Bob has been told to rest and take it easy for a couple of days, so there is just […]

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Wednesday 6th March

We have had some stunning mornings this week and spring is definitely here. Each year five or six pair of Canada geese nest on islands in the long pond and in amongst the pairs are a trio, comprising of a pair of Canadas and a male Greylag, see photo. We have never seen an odd […]