Anything that has been spotted on the nature reserve
Hi, we were told about a dead porpoise washed up on the beach. We soon found it and believe the injuries on its body were inflicted after being washed up by foxes and or badgers looking for a meal. Bri has regularly been feeding the swan family with special swan and duck food for the […]
Having placed the cows back in the new fenced area they soon found the seating area and used one of the seat support posts for a good lean, but unfortunately the post lost. Bri
At the weekend, the cattle were put back into the new enclosure and yesterday we came across one of the Highland cattle eating the heather. One of the reasons they are are there in the first place was to remove the course grass and promote heather growth (back to school for this one) Today we […]
Hi, with all the inclement weather of late photo opportunities have been rare on the reserve However sat in my living room this afternoon I saw this Sparrow Hawk land on the back garden fence and as it settled there for about three minutes I grabbed my camera and through a closed window I managed […]
Last year a small area of dunes were cleared of trees and scrub by the WREN project, see photo, taken after completion. Today the same area is completely flooded, see photo. Bob and Bri
Oh it’s the sun. Our first sight for a long time, the ground is still very wet and many parts of the new paths installed last year are under water, hopefully the next few dry days will dry them out. A couple of shots taken this morning, one of Blackcombe, before sunrise and the other […]
The adult pair have moved down onto the the three ponds around and including the fishing pond, and at the moment still have one of the cygnets following them around. The cygnet that had a bad leg/wing finally started to fly this week and today had left the area. This year has been very good […]
Today the dogs found a very angry ferret in a clump of heather, and it sounded like the one they found abourt three weeks ago, (not actually seen). As can be seen from the limited photo, it is only small and not big enough or the right colour, to be what we thought was a […]
Since the start of feeding this year the bullfinch have been in short supply, regularly only seeing one lone male but today two pair appeared in addition to the male. With all the rain in Cumbria, we have been very fortunate, the reserve was low in water before the rains started, which accounts for the […]
Last Sunday as we crossed from the long pond to the field via the path through the heather Bri’s dogs took off in a hurry. They had the scent of something, they were paying attention to a specific area and when we went to investigate a small, black ferret type animal broke cover and immediately […]