Author Archives: Nikki M

JMNR work party – Saturday 18th February 2017

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Nikki M

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

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Nikki M

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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