Anything that has been spotted on the nature reserve
Yellow Bartsia This year has been very poor, the usual places are either down in numbers or none at all. Most can be found on the large island, roughly 30, it can now be accessed with just boots. Butterflies There are still numerous Gatekeepers but fading fast, a few Common Blue, newly emerged Speckled Wood […]
The other warm afternoon I was watching two Darters competing for the best spot on a wooden table, I thought they were the Common variety and as usual took a couple of photos. Bri
Caught on camera the culprit trying to reduce the population of Common Toads, one down only another hundred thousand to go !! The Herons have now fledged and some have returned to fish on the long pond, but they like there own space and will not tolerate any others, even if they are a close […]
Posted by Ian Only kidding readers,photo shopped by Brian
Posted by Ian I have seen many elephant hawk moths but never their larvae.Fascinating to watch.
Had a surprise this morning wasn’t sure on a new family of ducks I saw on the long pond, thought they were tufted with seven young, then met up with Bri who confirmed that they were indeed a tufted brood. Bri & Bob
Posted by Ian Mixed bag of weather over the last two days,temperatures still well up but a change today with heavy rain in the afternoon which made walking in waterproofs very warm. Early this morning crows were mobbing a large-ish low flying raptor over the dunes,got a couple of pics but were not clear enough […]
Another month down, they’re falling like twelve pins !! The Tufted family are still complete but have moved to another pond, the ducklings are growing fast, see photo. Caught the Cob napping this morning, must have had a hard night with the kids. On the way down the long pond two Little Grebe were having […]
All the large Hawkers have disappeared possibly due to the heavy rain but there are still a few Common Darters about and common Blue Damselfly. The rain certainly not affected the number of Gatekeepers there are clouds lifting off the grass as you walk, did come across a lonely Painted Lady on the dispersal road. […]
We have been watching lots of young birds at the feeders but the Bullfinches appeared to be a bit shy until the other day, one settled on a branch in the early morning sun and then was followed by a quickly maturing Robin. This warm spell has produced an abundance of moths in the garden […]