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Saturday 27th June

I will have to retract some of my statement on the 1st June, the first field is now looking excellent especially the south west area, where a Dark Green fritillary was spotted along with various other varieties including quite a few Large Skippers. We have also had a small visitor at the feeders, a field […]

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Wednesday 17th June

Since the last blog we have found many more Bee Orchids, and other people have also found some in different areas, it appears to be a very good year for Bee Orchids. We came across an Oystercatcher on the path alongside the long pond, after two or three attempts at poking it’s long beak in […]

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Bee Orchid time

It’s that time of year and the Bee Orchids are in bloom, but with this wind and rain they won’t last long. Attached are two Google maps identifying two areas, one on top of the old Vickers tip where there are a few tall examples, easy to find and the other is also easy to […]

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North Walney Reserve Advert

In this weeks national Saturday Mail was a double page spread regarding escape getaways and No 5 was North Walney Nature Reserve in full bloom. Is there another reserve with the same name because i don’t recognize the description in the paper. Having cattle grazing all year, certainly removes all the rank grass etc but […]