30th April 2015 Had a walk around Gillies yesterday and in spite of the bitter wind there were plenty of warblers, especially willow and chiffchaff. One whitethroat singing up in the scrubby area and eventually found a lesser whitethroat up beyond the picnic table, sensibly in the lee of the bushes and singing well. Had […]
The Willow warblers have been here for a couple of weeks now and last week they were joined by the Grasshopper and Sedge warblers but after the last few nights of frost they may return to Africa. Also there are quite a few Wheatear about, looking extremely dapper, see photos. We still are topping up […]
Posted by Ian Have not been around the reserve for some months but the south of the Island over the last few days of sunshine has been awash with swallows,house martins and warblers especially cricket. Wheatears have been around since the beginning of march and today I watched two sand martins;they have been regular vistitors […]
Still no sign of any Natterjack strings, I think these cold nights are putting them off. The swans are still moving around and have not yet picked out a nesting spot and it’s getting late. The Canada geese have also moved on, only an odd couple are looking interested. This morning one pair came in […]
This morning we were watching unusual disturbance in the fishing pond, see sequence of photos. Bob and Bri