Month: July 2014

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