Best year ever for Orchids on the Cress Beds with 18 counted of 3 species - Common Spotted, Bee and Southern Marsh, the latter new for the site.
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| Bee Orchid |
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| Common Spotted Orchid |
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| Southern Marsh Orchid |
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Orchids
Thursday 18 June 2015
Best year ever for Orchids on the Cress Beds with 18 counted of 3 species - Common Spotted, Bee and Southern Marsh, the latter new for the site.
Best year ever for Orchids on the Cress Beds with 18 counted of 3 species - Common Spotted, Bee and Southern Marsh, the latter new for the site.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Need a ladder?
Thursday 11 June 2015
Almost certain the Stock Dove is using the nest box but, if successful will the young manage to get out? It wasn't really designed for doves but I'm not sure now exactly what it was designed for.
Great to see (hear) a Garden warbler apparently holding territory on the lower site but still no Whitethroat!
Almost certain the Stock Dove is using the nest box but, if successful will the young manage to get out? It wasn't really designed for doves but I'm not sure now exactly what it was designed for.
Great to see (hear) a Garden warbler apparently holding territory on the lower site but still no Whitethroat!
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Nesting Stock Dove
Wednesday 3 June 2015
Although only a strong suspicion at this stage a Stock dove perched at the entrance to one of the nest boxes is good news. Not so good is a complete lack of Whitethroats - we normally have 2 or 3 pairs nesting on the reserve but no sight or sound yet!
Although only a strong suspicion at this stage a Stock dove perched at the entrance to one of the nest boxes is good news. Not so good is a complete lack of Whitethroats - we normally have 2 or 3 pairs nesting on the reserve but no sight or sound yet!
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Good news
Yet again the nest box on the front of the house has been successfully used by House Sparrows. It's worth putting up with the incessant cheeping for this.
Monday, 11 May 2015
Prawle
Monday 11 May 2015
Despite mist good morning at Prawle with Great Northern Diver, Manx Shearwater, Guillemots, Loads of Cirl Buntings and SQUACCO HERON!
Poor snatched photo I'm afraid - it was somewhat flighty!
Despite mist good morning at Prawle with Great Northern Diver, Manx Shearwater, Guillemots, Loads of Cirl Buntings and SQUACCO HERON!
Poor snatched photo I'm afraid - it was somewhat flighty!
Saturday, 9 May 2015
Start Point
Saturday 9 may 2015
Drove to Hallsands and then walked to Start Point. Family party of Ravens making a lot of noise, a Peregrine flying out from the cliff on a couple of occasions together with Whitethroats, Linnets, Stonechats etc. Highlights probably the distant Grey Seal hauled out on a rock:
and numerous Houst Martins collecting mud from a puddle in the car park.
Drove to Hallsands and then walked to Start Point. Family party of Ravens making a lot of noise, a Peregrine flying out from the cliff on a couple of occasions together with Whitethroats, Linnets, Stonechats etc. Highlights probably the distant Grey Seal hauled out on a rock:
and numerous Houst Martins collecting mud from a puddle in the car park.
Friday, 8 May 2015
Slapton Ley
Thursday 7 may 2015
Noticed this swans nest on a walk round the Ley with a pair of swans adding material to the structure.
Noticed this swans nest on a walk round the Ley with a pair of swans adding material to the structure.
On the way back after lunch at a local hostelry the same nest seems to have been take over by a family of Mallards.
On closer inspection the nest held several eggs (swans), one of which can just be seen below the right hand end of the chicks. I seem to remember that swans don't begin sitting until the whole cluch of eggs have been laid so that they all hatch out together and I suspect the nest owners had just gone off to feed.
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