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Early Butterfly sighting.
Posted on one year ago
A male Orange-tip butterfly was flying around in my garden near Stockliegh Pomeroy on 28 March. According to the Natures Calendar website, which monitors spring events, this is...
Kingfisher nesting
Posted on one year ago
Today, 28th March, I saw a mass of faeces adjacent to a tree root on a verticle bank by my local stream. Not far away was a small round hole with a pile of freshly excavated soil...
Mid-Devon Spring watch
Posted on one year ago
Here near Stockleigh Pomeroy spring is coming on fast. Chiffchaffs have been singing for well over a week, and the newest arrivals are Blackcaps. This morning, one was singing in...
Spring Butterflies
Posted on one year ago
Butterflies have started to arrive in the garden. On Sunday we had a Small Tortoiseshell and a pristine male Brimstone, and today (Tuesday) we have had 2 Peacock and a Small...
First Chiffchaff
Posted on one year ago
Spring is on its way. I had my first singing chiffchaff in my garden in Tiverton yesterday 11th March.
A walk around west sedgmoor
Posted on one year ago
On 14th December 2019, RSPB West Sedgemoor organised a guided walk around their reserve. This reserve is always closed to the general public as this reduces disturbances to the...
Somerset Levels
Posted on one year ago
REMINDER
Society visit to RSPB HAM WALL to see the Starling murmuration.
Meet at Homebase Car Park at 1-30 or at RSPB Ham Wall Car Park (ST449395) at 2-30. Post Code...
Harvest Mouse nests.
Posted on one year ago
Two nests were found at the base of hedges on East Coombe farm at the end of November - both thought to be harvest mouse nests. On December 16th, Devon Mammal Group's head of the...
Long-tailed Duck at Bowling Green Marsh
Posted on one year ago
At Bowling Green Marsh yesterday 21st November, there was a Long-tailed Duck far out beyond a flock of avocets seen from the RSPB hide. It was diving most of the time, but...
Cirl Buntings
Posted on one year ago
Powderham Church to Turf - Monday 18th November - 3 CIRL BUNTINGS (1 male + 2 female)
Also a very late COMMA butterfly
Red Admiral
Posted on one year ago
Red Admiral flying in garden this morning
Goldcrest
Posted on one year ago
First GOLDCREST of winter in garden today
Winter thrushes here.
Posted on one year ago
Walking on Exmoor on October 22nd, we saw large numbers of fieldfares eating the berries on hawthorn and rowan trees. Redwings were probably among them too. I hadn’t yet heard...
Whitethroats in the hedge.
Posted on 2 years ago
On 21 April, I heard warbler song from a hedge. Then i saw two whitethroats moving through a hedge, their white throat patches really obvious. But they didn't have full male...
A361 embankment at Sampford Peverell
Posted on 2 years ago
When visiting the A361 North Devon Link Road embankment near Sampford Peverell on Tuesday 30 April, I managed to find 3 catepillars of Narrow-Bordered Five-Spot Burnet Moths....
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