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Wildlife today

Whist working in the Reserves today we have observed three roe deer (this morning in Upper and Lower … Read More

Birds and flowers

Both swallows and house martins swooping over the Fauna field this afternoon. A tree sparrow sitting in the … Read More

Shelduck

Posting on behalf of Graham. In addition to the lapwings, he noticed a pair of shelduck in Flora … Read More

More redstarts

On my way home this evening I noticed a female redstart in the hawthorns along the path near … Read More

Osprey & other migrants

An osprey passed over the reserve at approx. 1.25pm today – being mobbed by a pair of lesser … Read More

Summer Visitor

Did it say ‘teacher-teacher’ or was it ‘chiff-chaff’? Seen on the willow tree in Upper Sowerholme, yesterday.

Extra flush count

Jon was keen on extending the winter flush counts for a further month – and it was a … Read More

First butterfly

A small tortoiseshell was in the Orchard this morning – my first of the year. A few meadow … Read More

Abundance of yellow

All the early flowers are yellow, here are primrose, gorse and the humble dandelion! I have already reported … Read More