Anything that has been spotted on the nature reserve
While sat at the feeders this morning a cuckoo flew past and landed on one of posts of the new fence, then dropped to the ground, picked up some food and back to the post. after a short time it flew off but returned to the same post a few minutes later. Only had the […]
We are coming to the end of this winters feeding and will recommence in October, and this morning there were more Bullfinches than we have seen all winter, could be because the other feeding station is empty and they all came to the only shop open. Bob and Bri
We have had a few bright but cool mornings, but the afternoons have warmed up enough to tempt out a few butterflies, a dishevelled Peacock was snapped yesterday, probably just emerged from hibernation. Quite a few Whitethroats are bout this year, managed to catch one singing this morning. Oystercatchers are often seen on the long […]
A few swifts have arrived and were feeding with a flock of swallows on one of the small pond across the path from the long pond. The Large Red Damselfly has emerged and can be found along the path between the tip and the fishing pond. One lonely Reed Warbler has arrived on the fishing […]
We found the first Natterjack string this morning, approximately four weeks later than previous earliest, hope this is just because of the cold weather and there are a lot more to come. There are two pair of swans on the reserve, one on the fishing pond, the female maybe the original and now has a […]
A new seat, overlooking the Irish sea, with all those beautiful turbines, has been built on a section of the new paths on the top of the old tip. see photo. Just read Jenny’s blog re the Sparrow Hawks, and yesterday i came across one of them, sitting on a very low branch about five […]
30th April 2015 Had a walk around Gillies yesterday and in spite of the bitter wind there were plenty of warblers, especially willow and chiffchaff. One whitethroat singing up in the scrubby area and eventually found a lesser whitethroat up beyond the picnic table, sensibly in the lee of the bushes and singing well. Had […]
The Willow warblers have been here for a couple of weeks now and last week they were joined by the Grasshopper and Sedge warblers but after the last few nights of frost they may return to Africa. Also there are quite a few Wheatear about, looking extremely dapper, see photos. We still are topping up […]
Posted by Ian Have not been around the reserve for some months but the south of the Island over the last few days of sunshine has been awash with swallows,house martins and warblers especially cricket. Wheatears have been around since the beginning of march and today I watched two sand martins;they have been regular vistitors […]
Still no sign of any Natterjack strings, I think these cold nights are putting them off. The swans are still moving around and have not yet picked out a nesting spot and it’s getting late. The Canada geese have also moved on, only an odd couple are looking interested. This morning one pair came in […]