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Sunday 16th June

Lots of birds have now fledged, a large family of Long-tailed tits were feeding off insects in the Willow trees, at least 12 in the group, managed a couple of shots ,and one with a young one being fed. Also a family of Swallows have fledged from a stable near to the old Walney Tavern, […]

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Wednesday 12th June

Yesterday we spotted a nest in one of the willow trees adjoining the field but could not clearly see the occupant, and today there were three young Carrion crows peeping over the top, photo of two attached. When we arrived back at the cars Bob observed a movement in the ashes of one of the […]

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Tuesday 11th June

The swans are doing fine on the long pond without the interference of the Canada geese, still seven cygnets, photo of family with Heron in background, cygnets probably a little too large. The fence around pond 35 was repaired last week, to prevent access to the cows, but it didn’t stop them cooling off in […]

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Thursday 6th June

We had another walk through the rough terrain where the Fritillary are normally found without success, it could be just the cold spell that is holding them up, we will keep on looking. There was unusual activity on the fishing pond this morning, a young Coot was lost and it seemed to think that it’s […]

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Wednesday 5th June

With this warm spell there has been an explosion of insects, butterflies are emerging but no sign of the fritillary yet, young Damselflies are everywhere. We came across a very pale green one on Monday, it could be an Emerald or a White Legged, very difficult to tell as there are no markings, see photo. […]

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Sunday 2nd June

Another Sunday and another Cuckoo this is the third Sunday in a row. We were talking to a couple near the seat and they had taken a photo of a Cuckoo with his phone through binoculars, they said it was behaving as a young one asking for food from passing Pippits. When we arrived in […]