We have not reported in for some time as the reserve has been very quiet. Today there was a little bit more activity, 20 Whooper swans passed over flying north. Stonechats have been seen around the area before the tip, normally they perch on the highest branch on their own but today we spotted a […]
Unfortunately we have not posted any blogs lately, the weather has been terrible, not much to report except the ground is water logged. Over the last few weeks, the cows have been wandering off the reserve, probably due to a lot of the fences being in poor repair and at the moment the cows have […]
The storm has severely weakened the path, as can be seen in the photos. Before it hit, the beach pebbles were level with the path and now they have been washed away and the path undercut up to 3 feet in places. Building the stone barrage to protect the chalets has achieved one problem but […]
Photos from a clear day.
The ice on the ponds has thickened up to approximately 25mm, all the ducks, swans and cygnets on the long pond, have been confined to an area about ten foot in diameter. See photographs, hopefully. Bob and Bri
The Isle of Man or could be the Isle of White, was clearly visible this morning and so were the mountains in Wales, see photos. Our own mountains were covered in snow and looked very picturesque, photo taken across the field with cows in the foreground, it was cold last night but they will have […]
As mentioned last week there are a couple of Jays following the feeders but only one visits at a time, and this morning we counted the peanuts eaten at each visit as follows, 12, 15 and 15, whether it’s the same or two different birds, it still a lot of peanuts. A Cormorant was having […]
With this cold snap the birds are eager to get to the feeders and can’t wait for us to leave, see few photos of the usual suspects, we also had a couple of Greenfinches, first this season, but were very wary and did not come down to the feeders, but luckily we saw one on […]