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Tuesday 29th September

The geese have taken advantage of the high pressure settled over the country and started their migration south. Saturday saw the start, one skein after another, Sunday was not quite as many and yesterday only a few, Do they know something about the forthcoming weather that our super computers don’t. Some other birds flocking together […]

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Photos for yesterday’s blog

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Hope they had belly ache

Last week checked the ripeness of the apples on one of the regular providers and decided to leave them for another week. Returned yesterday to find that the cows had scoffed all those in easy reach, including any windfalls, didn’t know cows ate apples, see photos. Last year when the cows were first released into […]

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Wednesday 16th Sept

We spotted our first Stonechat for a long time, nice to see they are surviving, not seen any since early in the year. There was a flock of Wheatear feeding in the field next to the chalet park, topping up for the flight south. The hills have been very clear for the last few mornings, […]

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Friday 11th Sept

The days are growing shorter and it’s much cooler until the sun rises, there are a few dragonflies about and we saw a Blue Damselfly this morning. The furry caterpillars are now on the move topping up before the hibernation, see lots on the paths. We still see a few Common Toadlets but they appear […]

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Thursday 3rd Sept

We have now noticed three different Chaffinches with fungus on the legs, see photo. The following answer was given on the RSPB site to a similar queries Birds can suffer from a number of skin conditions that affect the feet. In a chaffinch, it is overwhelmingly most likely to be chaffinch viral papilloma. This virus […]