Anything that has been spotted on the nature reserve
Posted by Ian Saw our small mustelid again early (very early) this morning;bit surprised as I would have thought yesterdays rabbit offering would have kept him in bed.Took a picture on my camera phone and sent it to my cohorts.Went back again armed with a ‘proper’ camera this afternoon to try and post a pic […]
Posted by Ian I hesitated posting this blog to-day,due to the risk of ‘He’s making this up’; but on we go;nice quiet afternoon, so armed with new bag and string (just in case you understand) off we went along the west side to cover the same route as yesterday.Not a soul about,always find it strange […]
Posted by Ian Interesting week— thurs 8th march was a dry day,so set off to walk around the west side of the reserve following the tide line for anything of interest (big tides next few days).Rounding the end of the Island near the two small shore side ponds (101/2) I noticed movement on the tideline—turned […]
Posted by Ian Lovely sunny day,walked northwards along the beach round to scarth,never seen the wreck (Anastasia) so exposed.Cut up through the dunes and found a thrushes anvil with hundreds of banded snail remains,there have been a lot of migrant thrushes this year. Carried on through the dunes and as I passed through the last […]
Posted by Ian Usual suspects—Bri, Ian,Bill and Geof tramped in two teams –Earnse Bay to Scarth and Teasdale Road to scarth. Met for lunch and compared bird finds, Brian and Ian 4 Bill and Geof 0,which was four more than we found last time. Don’t think this is a good sign,just think there are more […]
More postings by Ian Wet ‘Orrible’ afternoon but rewarded by the sight of a roebuck with two does by the reed bed (due to fawn April/early May). Common toads on their way to the ponds—early this year usually second week in March
Posted by Ian Sunday–walking along the west side of the reserve came across a freshly killed fox,guessed by the size it was a vixen. This is the second fox I have come across in the last few weeks.Are they being killed on the reserve or being washed up ?. Monday—watched a fox cross infront of […]
Hi, bird count for Monday 20th Feb.– At the long pond it was quiet again with 2 swans and the white mallard and a few other mallards. At the north feeder 2M-1F bullfinch, 3 great tits, 4 robins, 2M-1F reed buntings, 7 chaffinch, 3M-1F blackbirds, 3 dunnocks and 14 greenfinch. Quiet here also in numbers […]
Posted by Ian & Brian Busy day today—-the triangular owl box on the black pole near the field has been falling into disrepair for a while and the nice sunny day created a good opportunity to replace it with a nice shiny new one. Passed through the airfield with the box and equipment at 12-30pm […]
Hi, a heron took flight from the fishing pond and settled at the long pond but not for long as it took flight again as we approached. The white mallard and 12 other mallards and the 2 swans had breakfast with Bri. At the north end of the pond were 2M-1F tufted ducks which later […]