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Mum’s Back + Kids

Posted by Ian Cooler this morning,more comfortable to walk around the reserve without all kinds of flying things trying to bite lumps out of me. Had not seen the tufted family for a day or two,bit concerned as there is always some predator or other looking out for a tasty snack. But there they were […]

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Wednesday 10th July

Caterpillars – There are lots of hairy caterpillars wandering the paths at the moment and most are the Drinker Moth, normally they wander onto the path and wait to be stood on, but we found one the other day crawling up a grass stem, see photo. The moth is night flying and would not be […]

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Where’s Mum

Posted by Ian Another lovely warm and sunny day (18c at 6-30am!). All nine tufted ducklings seem to be doing ok but I haven’t seen the mother duck for two days.Was she just out of sight?. The remaing two cygnets are thriving along with a recent clutch of mallard ducklings. The long pond water level […]

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Saturday 6th July

The Swans are now down to two cygnets, one went missing last Wednesday night, Bob is feeding them up with Shreddies. Lew told us the Pyramidal Orchid on the path near the butts was in flower, see pics, it is located on the path west of the butts about ten yards south. The one and […]

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Fox & Rabbits

Posted by Ian Beautiful warm sunny morning biting things everywhere around the ponds. Walking through the dunes the rabbits were everywhere but my presence was noted as a fox out hunting them objected loudly by barking . Never heard a fox bark before except on episodes of ‘Midsommer Murders’! (see pics)

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Scaup??

Posted by Ian Re my last blog posting and the pics of the ‘mystery’ duck—it certainly looks like a scaup,they are found on the Solway BUT the RSPB web site says only 1 to 5 pairs breed in the UK in any year making it our rarest breeding duck.Have we been that lucky? Or can […]

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What Duck ?

Posted by Ian Lovely morning this morning,walked around the corner at the southern end of the long pond and crouched down on the path with nine black ducklings was a ‘dark coloured’ duck. The duck took off instantly and the ducklings scattered over a wide area.Thought the best bet was to leave them to run […]

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Wednesday 3rd July

While we were sat on the seat this morning, the peace was broken by distress cries of Carrion Crows and Magpies, after a few minutes I went to see what all the commotion was about, there were a few chattering Magpies on top of some Willow trees but no sign of the Crows and then […]