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More birds

Further to yesterdays blog, this morning there was a female Linnet enjoying the warm morning sun and having a good scratch and clean-up, see sequence of shots. Skylarks are plentiful at the moment and came across a couple in dispute over ground rights. Tufted ducks appear to have moved from the ponds but there was […]

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Birds are pairing up

The spring migrants have not arrived as yet but there are still plenty to see, just a selection from a morning walk. Bri

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North End Barn Owls

We walk around part of the reserve, that includes the Barn Owl boxes, every morning at roughly the same time, but not seen a Barn Owl since October last year, that is until last week, when one was spotted sitting on the shelf of one of the boxes. The two boxes No 1 and No […]

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Snowdrops

This week we have cleared the brambles and gorse covering one of the two snowdrop gardens, see photo, they are well established and could have been planted by the airfield crew. Unfortunately the gorse is expanding every year and without being cut back regularly it would cover everything. Bob and Bri