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Linnets

Linnets in the oak tree on the Long Pads. The colder weather has encouraged the linnets to return … Read More

Recent Sightings

This great spotted woodpecker was hopping around the branches in Pony Wood collecting insects. This hare was in … Read More

House Martin

This house martin was repeatedly returning to the water’s edge to collect mud for nest building. The swallows … Read More

Waterside Birds

By Alder Pond there were two moorhen with young. By one of the new ponds in the Arable … Read More

Hares

Four hares seen in Flora Field by the hedge near the oak tree.

Arable Field

Ploughing of the Flora Field took place on Good Friday. A couple of stock doves (which nest in … Read More

Sightings

Spring does seem to be in the air! Walking round Pony Wood I spotted a new blue tit … Read More

Male Kestrel

Yesterday I noticed the kestrel hovering over Flora field and, on returning round Pony Wood, there it was above … Read More