Category: Sightings

Tony caught these two dragonflies last week and I think we probably will not see anymore now, until next year. Bri

This has been the best year since installation in 2005, all ten were used. Three boxes had eggs not hatched and the one in an old pear tree had three eggs, two smaller than the third, see photo, probably first tenant was a Great tit, which left one egg, the larger of the three, plus […]

The winter visitors are arriving at the bird feeders, we will probably start next week the regular daily top up, but some other kind person has fitted a new feeder, which is attracting the first birds, see photos. The swan and it’s cygnets tried t6o cross over from the long pond to the smaller one […]

The geese have taken advantage of the high pressure settled over the country and started their migration south. Saturday saw the start, one skein after another, Sunday was not quite as many and yesterday only a few, Do they know something about the forthcoming weather that our super computers don’t. Some other birds flocking together […]

Last week checked the ripeness of the apples on one of the regular providers and decided to leave them for another week. Returned yesterday to find that the cows had scoffed all those in easy reach, including any windfalls, didn’t know cows ate apples, see photos. Last year when the cows were first released into […]

We spotted our first Stonechat for a long time, nice to see they are surviving, not seen any since early in the year. There was a flock of Wheatear feeding in the field next to the chalet park, topping up for the flight south. The hills have been very clear for the last few mornings, […]

The days are growing shorter and it’s much cooler until the sun rises, there are a few dragonflies about and we saw a Blue Damselfly this morning. The furry caterpillars are now on the move topping up before the hibernation, see lots on the paths. We still see a few Common Toadlets but they appear […]

We have now noticed three different Chaffinches with fungus on the legs, see photo. The following answer was given on the RSPB site to a similar queries Birds can suffer from a number of skin conditions that affect the feet. In a chaffinch, it is overwhelmingly most likely to be chaffinch viral papilloma. This virus […]

Brian the farmer has moved the cows down into the new fenced area for a few months, one of the new additions was caught with her calf this morning. The last week brought out a few hawkers and we shot this Migrant this morning. The chaffinch population are suffering with some form of mite or […]