Category: Sightings

On the walk back, last Monday, we found a baby lizard, on the new path across the old tip. The temperature had dropped significantly overnight and it was probably trying to warm up. Difficult to identify at this age. Bob and Bri

This is a bit late – went on 17th August. First visit in a very long time and a really fine day. Quite a lot of butterflies: mostly gatekeepers but also 3 small coppers and, along the dunes and shingle edge, quite a few common blues and graylings. The heathers were at their best, also […]

This morning, at the bottom end of the long pond we came across an excavation of a bee’s nest by some badgers. All the honey had gone and there were quite a few number of dead bees scattered around the hole but also a few still trying to recover the nest from the damage. ( […]

Good news from Tony he has seen three young at the tower. According to the World Owl Trust who monitor Owls numbers, this year has been poor for rearing Barn Owl chicks. Bri

Swans – the new family are still doing well, keeping them up the top end of the pond appears to be working. Butterflies – this year has been extremely poor but at the moment there is a glut of Gatekeepers. Swallows – they have had a good year going on the number flying over the […]

After a heavy night of rain, three different birds are enjoying the warm morning sun, a Wren is in full song, a young Dunnock and a male Chaffinch just rest on the carved owls. Bob and Bri

Hopefully my problem with the photo transfer has been identified and the photos of the Grey and Buff Poplar Hawk-moth, caught in the garden trap will show on the site. Bri

Had a walk around Gillies at the weekend and found the Young Sparrow Hawks were not in the nest but perched in the nearby trees, there were definitely three and could have been four. visited a couple of times and they were still in the same area and one of the parent birds was present […]

Photos for previous blog. Bri

Took a couple of snaps of a Poplar Hawkmoth after being released last week. Bri