The first Canada geese for a few years, have nested on the long pond and were showing off their brood of six today. A few Large Red Damselflies are flying around the area just north west of the tip. Red Campion are also now in flower but the only survivors are in the thick of […]
Goldfinches are numerous this spring, last year was not so good and even in the autumn the flocks were much smaller than usual, photo of a pair taken at the start of the walk. Just further down the same path a singing Sedge Warbler stayed visible long enough to take a photo. The rabbit population […]
After throwing a couple of pieces of bread for the ducks, it was interesting to watch a Carrion Crow fly in with practiced precision and pick up some, without getting too wet. We met Jenny yesterday at the fishing pond, watching one of the illusive Reed Warblers and managed to obtain a slightly blurred photo. […]
A pair of Little Grebe have nested on the long pond and today the three young were spread out at the south east corner, managed to catch one with the parents. The new calf has been hidden away by it’s mother for the past few days, but yesterday we caught the pair together, see photos. […]
In amongst the dunes can be found clumps and patches of Wild Pansy and at the moment are in full bloom, not quite a full blown carpet but one still on the loom. The ground Willow is also in full blossom and a few bees are found gathering the pollen. Lapwings, which are easily disturbed, […]
This young lad has been here since a calf and is now looking very impressive, his horns go on forever, asked Bob if he could measure from tip to tip while i took the photo, had the tape and everything, but he was a bit camera shy. Bob and Bri
It turned out to be a nice sunny day but with a cool wind, but that didn’t stop the emergence of the black flies (St. Marks Fly) description taken from another site "The males have clear wings and big eyes. They swarm up and down looking for females which usually cluster on a nearby bush. […]
Not the best time to be born, with very cold nights but it doesn’t appear to bother the inquisitive calf, see on the photos being chased by a much older calf, and just before this shot was taken it was butted away by another. Bob and Bri
This morning was bright but cool, but it didn’t stop the warblers from singing, managed to catch a Willow Warbler on the path through to the tip. The Reed Warblers are very shy this year, they sing continuously but never put in an appearance. The niger seed is being emptied every day by the Goldfinch, […]
Found a few fresh kills this morning, all within a few yards of each other and on the main path, one duck egg, still with a runny yolk, feathers from what appears to have been a Goldfinch and lastly, under one of the gates, feathers from a wood pigeon. Spotted a Grasshopper in the afternoon, […]