Anything that has been spotted on the nature reserve
It’s been really good to return to walking the dogs on the North End Reserve and to see four of the seven cygnets have survived to near fledging, see photo. Lots of geese flying south caught a shot of a small group in the typical V formation. Found a few Common Toadflax, bright yellow flower […]
Posted by Ian Been a busy summer for us all one way or another.Bri is up and running again so this was our first collective outing. What a great summer it’s been,watch this space for wildlife we have been watching over the last few weeks.
Tony has been busy watching the owls at Gillies and it looks like there are three young, here are some excellent shots. Bri
Lew found a lovely message at the seat last week, scrawled on a rough piece of material, it is nice to see people enjoying the seat and taking time out to let us know. Found a Brown Hawker laying eggs on one of the ponds, at the same time a male Emperor was patrolling and […]
Here are the two photos to go with Thursday’s blog. Bri
Lots of Whitethroat this season and should be even more next, found this one feeding it’s second brood. Not as many Linnets this year but managed to capture a pair at the entrance to the old tip. Ben sniffed out a dead badger, only hours old, found lying under a Willow tree, no obvious signs […]
Well I spoke too soon last week, the Cygnets are now down to four, something has had a good meal. The Common Darter is out in full force they are everywhere. With the slight bit of rain, resulted in the main path being covered in tiny Common Toadlets. At last the swifts have arrived on […]
Yesterday morning came across a pair of Black-tailed Skimmers on the path just as you enter the reserve, see photo. The swans and six Cygnets are doing fine, all are growing great, last year they appeared to have stunted growth and eventually all died, and not having any Canada’s on the pond definitely helps. Bri
The last couple of days has seen the temperature drop and the Dragonfly and Damselfly population gone into hiding but today it has warmed up again and with little wind the ponds have come back to life, managed to capture an Emperor while patrolling his territory. This year has been really good for the Skylarks […]