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Butterfly and flowers

I am not good on butterflies but the Bio-Blitz people assure me this is a comma. The fodder … Read More

Hares and flowers

Two sightings of brown hares this morning in the Grammar School fields. They were some distance apart so … Read More

Flowers and birds

Seen in the last day or two: a  kestrel hunting over Big Meadow (29th May) and a heron … Read More

Wildlife today

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

A Herd of Deer?

What number constitutes a herd? Disturbed two deer in Upper Sowerholme this morning. However, by the time I … Read More

Hares and flowers

Three quite separate hares seen this afternoon in the Lower Sowerholme field. More wildflowers to report. My phone … Read More

Lapwings and Hare

  Two hare were visible in Lower Sowerholme on Sunday evening (10th May).   Yesterday (12th May), two … Read More

Otters

Unfortunately I have not seen the otter family which others have seen on the canal. However whilst working … Read More

Shelduck

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