Category: Sightings

As part of the Japanese Rose clearance early this year, while the diggers were on site, 12 new ponds were excavated. Two of these new ponds have performed above expectations, one with one string, tadpoles presently have two back legs and the other with 5 or 6 strings, with the first batch of toadlets leaving […]

The cattle have been moved from the new fenced area, talking to Bri he says it will be grazed, 1st Sept to 1st Dec and 1st April to 1st June, reasons only known to NE. The Reed Warblers returned to the fishing pond this year and managed to catch one singing in the reeds near […]

On the way to the new Natterjack pools at the north end of the island, the tide was making and as I watched, the terns, on there way to the fishing grounds off the north west of the island, followed the channel looking for sand eels. Only a few birds actually caught any but when […]

There are still eight Cygnets and this afternoon, watched Mam fetching weed from deep in the pond to feed them while Dad just took it easy. Bri

There are numerous day flying moths out at the moment caught three on camera. Four Spot Dragonflies have been late this year, the odd one or two have been seen flying past but today on one of the small ponds they were busy mating and laying eggs, Bri

Twelve new ponds/scrapes were created earlier this year, with the dry spell, six have dried out but four are still holding plenty of water and one of them has approximately a 1000 tadpoles. This is really a good start, as the pond is well away from previous sightings and if they reach maturity, they should […]

Spotted a Common Blue Damselfly catch a moth this morning which it quickly started to devour, shortly after a Meadow Pipit on a gorse bush, with food, which looks like a large Red Damselfly, for it’s young. Bob and Bri

The family of Swans moved to the long pond the next day and all are doing fine, how the adults managed the gates and fences is not known. The place is buzzing with life at the moment, attached are just a few of the animals to see. There are a lot of Bumblebees about at […]

The pair of swans nesting on the pond next to the fishing pond brought the cygnets out onto the fishing pond today and they look more than a day old as can be seen on the photos there are eight, she has probably been keeping them under cover for a few days. Last year was […]

The pair of visiting swans were on the marsh yesterday, they are not venturing far but it’s a bit late to start nesting now. We had an unwelcome visitors at the feeders today, three rats, will have to put the food out of reach, or stop until September. Lots of birds feeding the young, caught […]