The swans have lost one more cygnet, now down to six. The Ring Plover mentioned the other week was seen with a chick in the horse field, next to Chalet park. More Natterjack tadpoles have been found in another of the new ponds. Caught a parasitic Ichneumon Wasp in the moth trap last night,link to […]
Lew reported he had seen a number of Black-tailed Skimmer and Emperor Dragonflies on the long pond this morning and this afternoon I had a walk up. Unfortunately the Emperor’s were patrolling their territory and not settling, but a couple of the Skimmers did, see photos attached. It was ideal weather for the Pearl bordered […]
As part of the Japanese Rose clearance early this year, while the diggers were on site, 12 new ponds were excavated. Two of these new ponds have performed above expectations, one with one string, tadpoles presently have two back legs and the other with 5 or 6 strings, with the first batch of toadlets leaving […]
The cattle have been moved from the new fenced area, talking to Bri he says it will be grazed, 1st Sept to 1st Dec and 1st April to 1st June, reasons only known to NE. The Reed Warblers returned to the fishing pond this year and managed to catch one singing in the reeds near […]
On the way to the new Natterjack pools at the north end of the island, the tide was making and as I watched, the terns, on there way to the fishing grounds off the north west of the island, followed the channel looking for sand eels. Only a few birds actually caught any but when […]
There are still eight Cygnets and this afternoon, watched Mam fetching weed from deep in the pond to feed them while Dad just took it easy. Bri
There are numerous day flying moths out at the moment caught three on camera. Four Spot Dragonflies have been late this year, the odd one or two have been seen flying past but today on one of the small ponds they were busy mating and laying eggs, Bri
Twelve new ponds/scrapes were created earlier this year, with the dry spell, six have dried out but four are still holding plenty of water and one of them has approximately a 1000 tadpoles. This is really a good start, as the pond is well away from previous sightings and if they reach maturity, they should […]