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Blackbird, Blackcap (1), Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff (2), COMMON TERN…
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CASPIAN GULL (1), COMMON TERN (2), Cormorant, CURLEW (1), Gadwall (3), Great Crested Grebe, GREENSHANK…
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JMNR work party – Saturday 18th February 2017
This month we will be checking and cleaning out the bird boxes on both the reserve and in the nearby wood and, subject to the weather conditions, having a bonfire. Meet at the reserve on Saturday, 18th February at 9:30 … Continue reading
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February 2017 – Guided walk report
Nigel Cater stood in for our regular leader and set out with a large party of 27, on a sunny but rather cold day, for the complete circuit of the reservoir in the usual anti-clockwise direction. This report currently lists … Continue reading
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JMNR – February 4th 2017
N. Mahadevan pm, Sunny but cold 5C 2 Great tit, 3 Blue tit, 5 Carrion Crow, 5 Long-tailed tits, 1 Dunnock, 1 Woodpigeon, Nuthatch, Bullfinch. Hazel catkins and flowers, Alder catkins.
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JMNR – February 3rd 2017
From log book – Jeff Davis 10.30-13.00 3 Buzzards displaying over field r/o stream. Blue tits moving through central hedges. Painted bat box r/0 hide
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JMNR – 21st January 2017 work party report
Three souls braved temperatures in the lower single figures; fortunately without wind or rain. Whilst two members finished off some hedge-laying left over from the 2015/2016 season, the other applied a lump-hammer and chisel, sledge-hammer, and pick-axe (more or less … Continue reading
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JMNR – 21st January 2017
Sightings from today’s work party: Blue Tit, Bullfinch (2), Carrion Crow (over), Chaffinch, Great Tit, Grey Heron (over), Long-tailed Tit, Redwing (flock over), Wren. Various fungi, including Candle Snuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae), King Alfred’s Cakes (Daldinia … Continue reading
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JMNR – 20th January 2017
From log book – Jeff Davis 10.30-12.45 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Blackbird, 2 Gold Crest, 1 Blue tit, 1 Willow tit, 2 Great tit. As I left, 9 Redwing flew into trees by stream and small flock of Long-tailed tits.
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JMNR – 5th January 2017
From log book – Ian W 2 Great tit, 3 Blue tit, 2 Buzzard sitting in a tree by the pumphouse, 5 Blackbird, 2 Mallard. Topped up the clay on the mink raft.
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JMNR – 4th January 2017
Blue Tit (3), Great Tit, Nuthatch, Wren. One pair of Mallard on each of the Hide and Bottom Ponds.
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JMNR – 3rd January 2017
Blackbird (2), Blue Tit (4), Great Tit (1), Mallard (2 – a pair on the Hide Pond). The decaying Horse Chestnut in the hedge along the roadside has a large bracket fungus on it. This is probably the same one … Continue reading
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