A couple more sightings from Michael:
Stoat seen running around the Orchard stones Sunday morning, and three hares (one being chased off by another) near Pony Wood early this morning.
Video clip of three hares (12 MB)
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Hares and owl
Thursday 22 June around 8.30 p.m. – two hares at the edge of the arable field below Pony Wood. The longer I looked, the lower they sank into the vegetation. Then the rear end of an owl in the Pony Wood “extension”. And after a week of thinking, “That sounds like a partridge!”, I finally saw the culprit.
Smew?
A request from Philip for help in confirming a sighting he had yesterday. Having consulted various books he’s fairly sure that he saw a pair of Smew ducks yesterday opposite his house in the Flora fields. He described the markings in some detail (snow white plumage, with pencil-line markings in Y-shape). They were touching beaks, so he thought they might be a mating pair.
He and his wife have also recently observed:
- Heron paddling in Alder Pond (24th April) and one flying over ex-Gleesons Field (26th April)
- 5 lapwings (26th April, Flora)
- A hare (ex-Gleesons Field, 18th April)
Any help appreciated.
More hare sightings from Philip
2 hare sightings from Philip Turner (thanks Philip!):
9th May, 2 hares together, Flora early am, sunning themselves on slope
16th May, 2 hares together, Flora, morning, sunning themselves in the same place.