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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

Deer and Fox

Deer and Fox!! On a quick walk round the reserve this morning, there was a fox in Lower … Read More

Flower and bird report

The wood anenomes near the Orchard north gate are starting to come. Blackthorn blossom near the fruit hedge. … Read More

Extra flush count

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

Record snipe count

This morning’s flush count yielded an amazing total of 119 snipe! The breakdown was: Big Meadow 78 common and … Read More

January Flush Count

A very productive flush count in Fauna today, in marshes as wet as I think they have ever … Read More