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Family Squables

At the south end of the long pond Bri was feeding bread to the swans and the three remaining cygnets. They were joined at the feeding by two mallard families, one female duck with nine ducklings and the other with three ducklings. The ducks nearly always give way to the swans. However the squabling between […]

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Sunday 30th June

Yesterday we reported the bad news about the cygnets but today we can report good news for a family of Mallard, she has successfully reared nine ducklings, which will be flying any day, really remarkable how she has kept them from all the predators. We have not seen many butterflies this year, but yesterday there […]

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Saturday 29th June

A sad day yesterday, overnight it was cold and wet and three of the six cygnets disappeared, predation of just got separated from the parents we will never know. They were growing quite well and all six looked the same size. We have sighted many other young birds and it seems it has been a […]

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26 June, 2013 09:11

25th June An excellent day, especially for the insects. The combination of warm sunshine and little wind brought out a good variety of butterflies: small heath and common blue, plus a few small coppers, wall brown, large skipper and large white, the latter around the sea kale. Also saw several cinnabar moths and what I […]

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25 June, 2013 19:32

These pics were posted by Jenny one of our regulars on the reserve. She seems to have a great insight into wildlife (or Patience) and supplied the site with more great photographs. There seems to be a problem uploading from ‘sightings’ perhaps our web master can get to the bottom of it. Ian

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Thursday 20th June

A very nice morning and it brought out damselfly in there hundreds, lots of Blue-tailed and Common Blue, providing plenty of food for the birds. Found a Sedge Warbler collecting caterpillars for the young, see photo, they were late arriving this year but the young must be close to leaving the nest. Yesterday morning it […]

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20 June, 2013 11:25

Posted by Ian The last two weeks of warm sunny weather has allowed the wild flowers in the dunes to put on a spectacular show. In the afternoons when the sun has been up for a while the fragrance of the flowers wafts on the breeze. (the roses in particular are very noticeable). The bloody […]

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19 June, 2013 10:38

Posted by Ian Swans and cygnets were on the move this morning with the little one bring up the rear. They finally made it back to the long pond after spending the night on the fishing pond. Previous pairs have lost some or all of their cygnets moving them around the ponds as the stragglers […]

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Tuesday 18th June

The swans are still doing very well and we were informed over the weekend that they had been seen on the path, and today we found them on a small pond further up the path from the long pond. The cob was enjoying a rest and lying on the grass and the pen was in […]

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Monday 17th June

The orchids are starting to flower, later than usual and still not very many in the two fields which are overflowing with buttercups at the moment. There are a few beautiful Yellow Iris near the fishing pond, but unfortunately they don’t last very long. There were a family of Stonechats near gate 2 of the […]