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- Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Blackcap, Cormorant (262 – site record), Gadwall (8), Great Crested Grebe, House Martin, Kingfisher, Lapwing…
- Monday 2nd September 2024
BLACK TERN (1), Blackcap, Buzzard, Chiffchaff (25), Cormorant (193), Gadwall (11), Great Crested Grebe, Grey…
- Sunday 1st September 2024
Blackbird, Blackcap (1), Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff (2), COMMON TERN…
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JMNR 30th April 2015
Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Mallard, Pheasant, Robin. Butterflies: Green-veined White (3), Orange Tip (3). Plants in Flower included: Bluebells in both blue and white forms (C4b, C4d, C5b), Common Dog Violet (C5b), Common Sorrel (C4d), … Continue reading
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JMNR 24th April 2015
A cool afternoon with cloud building seemed to signal an end to the great weather so far this month. The wildlife thought so anyway. Blackbird, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Mallard, Pheasant. Comma (1), Peacock (5+, or one wandering … Continue reading
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Moth Trapping JMNR 23rd April 2015
The moth trap was set up adjacent to the garden hedge 23rd April and emptied 7 am 24th April. Wind B4. Recorder N. Mahadevan. Not a very exciting catch, just 2 Clouded Drab and 7 Hebrew Character!
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JMNR Butterfly transect 22nd April 2015
The week 4 survey visit was carried out by Alan Kydd and recorded 1 Brimstone, 11 Orange-tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 4 Peacock.
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JMNR Butterfly transect 18th April 2015
The week 3 survey visit was carried out by John Parlby and recorded 1 Orange-tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 2 Peacock.
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JMNR 18th April 2015
Sightings from today’s work party participants: Blackbird, Blackcap, Buzzard, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Robin, Song Thrush, Whitethroat. Wandering Snail Radix balthica (Bottom Pond). Toad spawn (Bottom Pond). … Continue reading
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JMNR 18th April 2015
Today’s work party had just three participants. Nevertheless we managed to shift plenty of soil to build up the bank of the Bottom Pond and fill a few hollows and holes in some of the paths. For variety the oldest … Continue reading
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JMNR 16th April 2015
A large, trampled latrine was found on the tracking pad in the brook. Most likely to be Water Vole but the droppings were drier and smaller than normal, so they may have been deposited prior to the good weather of … Continue reading
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Moth Trapping JMNR 13th April 2015
The moth trap was set up adjacent to the garden hedge 8 pm 13th April and emptied 7 am 14th April. Temperature at 7 am 9ºC, Wind B4. Recorder N. Mahadevan. Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica – 6 Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta … Continue reading
Jim Mart Nature Reserve work party – Saturday 18th April 2015
Dry, if lightly clouded, weather is currently forecast for this month’s work party. The long outstanding task of barrowing soil from the pumphouse area to level out sections of the paths remains top of the list. As always there are … Continue reading
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