Category Archives: JMNR News

This section shows news items specific to the Jim Mart Nature Reserve. It pulls together the posts from JMNR Sightings and JMNR Work Parties.

JMNR – March 15th 2017

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Nikki M

From log book – Jeff Davis 13.00-14.45 Sunny, light winds 1 Chiffchaff moving around C2-C4, 1 Buzzard flew over, 4 Great tit, 1 Blue tit in central hedge, 1 Cock pheasant, 1 Nuthatch in trees  C6b, 1 Moorhen. Small group … Continue reading →

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JMNR work party – Saturday 18th March 2017

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Nikki M

This month we will be clearing the north and west ditches of any accumulated debris and obstructions. Typically this involves lifting out broken branches, cutting back bramble runners, removing any tall vegetation, raking along the channel and possibly shovelling out … Continue reading →

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JMNR – March 4th 2017

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Nikki M

N. Mahadevan pm 11C In flower: Snowdrops, Crocus, Celandine. Long-tailed tit, Great tit, Blue tit, Robin, Buzzard, Kestrel, Moorhen. Frogspawn Bottom Pond. Fungi (Jew’s Ear). Millipede – Polydesmus sp. (ispot: https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/757953/millipede)

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JMNR – 18th February 2017

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Nikki M

Sightings from today’s work party: Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Mallard (pair), Robin, Wren.

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JMNR – 18th February 2017 work party report

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Nikki M

With just two members in attendance we contented ourselves with checking, cleaning out and repairing 26 nest boxes on the reserve, and then removed the few remaining logs and small branches left over from the recent visit of our tree … Continue reading →

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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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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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