Anything that has been spotted on the nature reserve
It’s still wellie weather on the reserve, ponds are quickly filling up. The local female swan (TYP) has disappeared but we think it’s mate is on his own on the fishing pond and another pair, with a blue ringed female, have been on the long pond. Brian finally removed the last of the hay bales […]
During the hot weather we had a look in a few pond for any signs of frogs and spawn, found various amounts of spawn in the ponds located just after the horse field and also could here the males calling, but further on in the reserve, could not find any signs in the checked ponds. […]
00011.MTS The morning calm on the fishing pond was broken by the fighting between two male swans, the resident pair had moved back from the long pond, where they have been for the past month, to find another male, who has been safely keeping out of their way, until this morning. This male has no […]
The two areas near the seat are now in full bloom, see photos, the actual location can be seen on the attached copy of Google map. The clump on the left are under the tree canopy and not easy to find, but the undergrowth around the others has been cleared and are much easier to […]
At the moment we are down to the original nesting pair on the long pond, (female white ring (TYP) and on on the fishing pond one (male no ring) On the others we had late last year, Colin from the south end has given us the details:- 4CVS – Forton Lancs – 17/9/17 H6P – […]
As we set off on the walk yesterday, just before sunrise (reason photos are grainy), a Song Thrush was breaking up a snail and too focused to notice us. The new airfield tower is near completion and on Saturday managed to catch the sun rising behind. Waders were again at the edge of the tide […]
This cold snap has brought lots of birds to the feeders, see some of the photos below, and encouraged three Herons, two Goldeneye and a pair of Mergansers to look for food in the ponds. It was high tide when returning to the car and a few waders were found resting on the rocks at […]
Last night brought the first heavy snow of 2019 to the mountains, and we watched them changing colour with the rising sun. Bob and Bri
The swan number is now down to five, the resident pair keep harassing the new comers and won’t be happy until they all leave. The number of birds waitng at the feeders in the morning has increased with this cold spell, Blackbirds especially, but they are difficult to count, managed a shot of a few […]
As mentioned in the last blog, Brian moved his cattle into the fields, but he still has quite a number of hay bales to shift and today two enterprising cows managed to start to unwrap one, see photos. We often come across painted stones lying at various places around the reserve and other day three […]