The last of the swallows are taking advantage of the High Pressure and moving quickly through, we also spotted 3 Fieldfare passing through. A pair of swans have arrived on the long pond and after a long battle, the resident pair lost, and have now been relegated to the smaller ponds. Still quite a few […]
Not much to report at the moment,most of the summer visitors are on the way south, Swallows in the stable had two broods this year but unfortunately, even with the help of the first brood, they had to leave two behind to die in the nest. There is an unusual coloured Carrion Crow often seen […]
Over the past few years, we have suffered with theft and wilful damage of our equipment and the latest was to the Moth trap on Tuesday evening, see photo. The wires were all cut between the battery and the lamp control and then scattered around the surrounding area, the trap will be out of use […]
There are still a few variety of butterfly to be seen, photos taken in last couple of days of:- Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Wall, Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Common Blue and Speckled Wood. Also found a Drinker moth attached to some Gorse, just looks like a leaf. Bri
It has been fairly quiet over the past couple of weeks, lots of swallows flying through, stopping off for a quick feed on there way, also there have been a few House Martins, for the past few days, feeding over the ponds. The Gold Finches are flocking again but there don’t appear to be in […]
One of the carved owls at the seat has been modified by a Woodpecker, see photo. The long grass in the first field is still looking very good, lots of seed for the animals, at the moment the only other colour is from the few Purple-loosestrife flowers. Some of the Heather is turning a ginger […]
This dry spell appears to have driven the dragonflies from the ponds, similar to the swifts and swallows, to the grassland , where the food is more plentiful. Meadow Browns ans Gatekeepers are flourishing with an occasional Small Tortoiseshell, but no sign of the Grayling. We spotted a Heron in an unusual position yesterday, actually […]
Cannot believe this weather, pond levels are falling and all the natterjack ponds are dried up, luckily they had an early start this year. Quite a few Song Thrush this year and they are often on the paths breaking up the snails but today one was throwing a caterpillar. There has been a well worn […]
Another hot day, but unusually clear, the Isle of Man was in view, and as can be seen, the turbines are just starting to encroach the view. Yellow Bartsia are starting to flower, they have a long season, but unfortunately the area cleared of gorse, to erect the fence along the channel side, which proved […]
We counted three pairs of Canada with young on the long pond, photo shows the oldest group, parents are difficult to spot. Lots of other young birds are about and we caught a Sedge Warbler feeding one. Dragonflies are enjoying this hot spell with a number of Emperors on most ponds, also spotted first Brown […]