A promising start
In previous years, the first flush count of the winter has netted fewer than 10 snipe. Â This morning … Read More
Upper Sowerholme
Not many snipe now
The final flush count of the winter yielded just 16 snipe: one in the Hay Meadow, one in … Read More
Oh, what a beautiful morning!
The wonderfully sunny and almost warm conditions suited the flush counting team this morning. And the snipe too … Read More
February flush count
We delayed a week because of strong winds and I was starting to think we would have to … Read More
Disappointing results
Snipe numbers on the reserve have previously been on a rising trend at this time of year. Not … Read More
October flush count
Our first foray of the winter through the marshes this morning raised a total of 7 snipe: one … 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
Lots of new flowers
Lots of new flowers observed today in the Reserve Euphorbia on Pads footpath Rosebay Willowherb on the Pads … Read More
Some more flowers
Here are some more flowers observed today Honeysuckle (Hay meadow / Upper Sowerholme boundary) Water Cress in same … 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