Anything that has been spotted on the nature reserve
The mornings are still extremely cold for this time of year but a few birds are starting to drift in. On the fence running up to the tip were three Wheatears,, it’s the first i have seen this year. The colours are vibrant and the white rump is very distinctive when they fly. Further along […]
We had a pleasant surprise yesterday morning, besides the beautiful sun, there were three Redpols on the niger seed, and there were two today, we have seen the odd one in the past, think they must be flying with the Goldfinch. Over the last few week we have seen a couple of Longtailed Tits regularly […]
This cold but dry weather is certainly improving the conditions but at the same time it leaves the area vulnerably to fire as we found today. A large area of gorse, heather and grass has been burnt see photo, luckily the fire brigade stopped it crossing the dispersal road, where it would have created more […]
Only a few more days and we will be in April, already a quarter of the year gone. The area is slowly drying out but nothing is growing, and the birds have not started nesting, it will require a dramatic change in the temperature to get it going but this is England and anything can […]
On Friday found a load more frog spawn in one of the pools used by the natterjacks, so have moved it to one of the other ponds further south. The nats normally start laying early April and by then the frog tadpoles will have had a head start, and removing them gives the nats a […]
Hi, well somewhat recovered I have been back walking the reserve and boring Bri with the odd joke or two !! On Thursday 14th Bri was topping up the south feeder and my attention was taken by the crows calling on the salt marsh. As I went to see the cause I saw an old […]
Over the weekend Art Gene, contracted by Natural England, have been interviewing the local public at North Scale, West Shore and Earnsy Bay, as part of their initial research into what people would like to see done to the North End reserve, if anything. It will be very interesting to see what the majority of […]
Well it’s been the first rain for about four weeks, just when we were just getting used to the dry, the area has dried out quite a bit but some paths are still inaccessible without wellies. Bob has been told to rest and take it easy for a couple of days, so there is just […]
We have had some stunning mornings this week and spring is definitely here. Each year five or six pair of Canada geese nest on islands in the long pond and in amongst the pairs are a trio, comprising of a pair of Canadas and a male Greylag, see photo. We have never seen an odd […]