Passing the horse field on the way back coincided with high tide, where there were quite a few Redshank feeding, see a couple of photos attached. Over the past few weeks we have been listening to a Woodpecker having a good go at one of the bird boxes behind the seat, but the other day, […]
The Ponds are all frozen now and the ducks have gone, two swans which have now adopted this area, older male and younger female, still with a lighter colour beak, see photos taken on first square pond. A Few photos taken at feeders, a jay with peanut, three are regular visitors, other of a Robin […]
With this cold snap the ponds have been gradually freezing over and there is only one remaining with a small water hole, where all the ducks gather each day, see the attached photos. Three additional Swans arrived on the long pond yesterday but had gone today, how did they manage to take off? it took […]
The full moon was on the 30th, but on the 29th we had a glimpse just before it set north of the Isle of Man and the colour was brilliant orange/red, see photos , unfortunately only taken with a phone. Then later that day it was caught again just after sunset. Today we set the […]
A very welcomed change, from the constant drowning every day, a beautiful sunrise, see attached photos. The blackbirds have now arrived in force at the feeders, often count up to 20, the attached photo of three blackbirds was taken just after a Sparrow Hawk carried out an attack fly through, scaring all the birds, and […]
What a great sunrise to start the first day of December, attached are a couple of photos taken just 17 seconds apart and they show how quick the intensity of the sunrise changes. Also attached are a few shots of birds landing on Geoff’s bench, and they all have the same technique, stretching their legs […]
The weather has been a bit kinder this week, see the sunrise over the Airfield, at the feeders it has been really busy, the Bullfinches have returned but one of the males has severe growth of fungus on both legs. Lynne, Bob and Bri
Today has been the first clear day for quite a while, the reserve is under water and the ponds are now starting to fill up. At the feeders the Coal Tits have returned for winter and we managed to take a few shots of them feeding on Geoff’s bench, using the video setting on a […]
It’s a very quiet time at the moment, with all the summer birds returning to warmer climates and winter ones not yet arrived. We have placed a wildlife camera to see the nightlife and caught a Badger determined to climb a tree see shots attached. We found an Owl pellet on Geoff’s seat and as […]
Sunday was an exceptionally clear day, with views of the Isle of Man, St Bees Head and Snowdonia in Wales, see attached shots. Ragwort is not appreciated by many but butterflies are one of the few that love it, see photos. We found a few Purple Viper’s Bugloss plants, growing in the same location as […]