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Birds

Sightings of birds seen on and around the Nature Reserve.

House martins

House martins zooming over the Fauna fields this afternoon. About six I think but going ever so fast!

Flowers in West Field

I was in the West Field this morning having a look at the hedge we laid and ‘gapped … Read More

Heron and Oystercatcher

Yesterday late afternoon (13 May), when inspecting the 4-metre stretch of wall on Aldcliffe Road, demolished by a … Read More

Couple more flowers etc

There is white mustard in the Pads hedge. Temptation to forget about these more ‘weedy’ plants. There is … Read More

Flowers

A walk around Fauna and Flora today revealed the following flowers which I don’t believe have been reported … Read More

Lapwings

At least two lapwings soaring and swooping over the ploughed fields this afternoon. In amongst the gulls and … Read More

Wheatears etc.

Birds at FLORA this morning included 6 Wheatears (5 males-one pictured) on the wheat field. Some of them … Read More

Nuthatch

Nuthatch clearly seen around the Storage Building this afternoon plus cowslip at the Oak Circle and a very … Read More

More March hares

An email from Graham yesterday reports that he saw 2 brown hares in the corner of the Hay … Read More

Wheatears

There were 4 smart male wheatears by the scrape (in the field to the immediate west of the … Read More