A fox was disturbed by one of the planes coming into land and as it entered the next field, the scent of a pheasant passed it’s nose and nature took over, but before long another scent arrived, of a human and dog, a lucky escape for the pheasant. Bri
A female Cuckoo was sitting on a post in the first field, being mobbed by Pipits, probably hoping to catch a second brood because yesterday we watched a young Pipit, from the first brood, crash land in the heather, see photo. Today was the first really warm morning and it brought out the first of […]
We have not found any of the usual caterpillars, Fox moth, Garden tiger, Oak Eggar and Drinker, that is until today, a Drinker was on the path on the tip, not in the reserve. Would the lack of these creatures be down to over grazing by the cattle, we will never know. While checking the […]
A flock of waders were gathered on the stones at Earnsy Bay yesterday morning, and as the tide receded they flew off towards the north of the island and created a fantastic long weaving wave, see shots. Bri
In the afternoon yesterday, the short walk with the dogs took us through the allotment lane at the back of Vickerstown school, which was well protected from the cold easterly wind and there were a pair of Holly–blue butterflies on a patch of ivy, see shots. Bri
Finally they have emerged and there are eight, same number as last year but about three weeks earlier, lets hopr they have more success. Bob and Bri
Checking the ponds this morning and found a pair of Natterjacks mating in pond 52, same pond that had about 200 tadpoles two weeks ago, which are now down to approximately 20, hope this next batch have a better chance of survival. My apologies for the last blog, it should have been Reed Warbler not […]