Ogston Sightings
- Thursday 18th July 2024
Bullfinch, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, GOOSANDER, Great Crested Grebe, Kestrel, LITTLE EGRET, LITTLE OWL, Pied…
- Wednesday 17th July 2024
Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, GOOSANDER (1 female), LITTLE EGRET, Mandarin Duck, Mistle Thrush, Reed Warbler,…
- Tuesday 16th July 2024
Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (22), Common Gull (1), Common Sandpiper (2), Kingfisher, Lapwing (11),…
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JMNR 14th March 2015
Birds: Blackbird (1), Blue Tit (2), Canada Goose (2 flying over), Chaffinch (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (2), Great Tit (1), Long-tailed Tit (1), Magpie (1), Mallard (2), Pheasant (1), Robin (1). Flowers: Lesser Celandine just coming into flower. Amphibians: Frog … Continue reading
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JMNR 5th March 2015
Birds: Great Tit (2), Moorhen (1), Robin (2). Flowering plants: Coltsfoot (just one flower head in C5a, not yet fully open), Daisy (several on the track), Crocus (three small clumps – two in C4a and one in C4c), Snowdrop (two … Continue reading
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JMNR 21st February 2015
Despite a sleet shower just before the start of today’s work party, five members turned out keen to leave their mark on the reserve and were rewarded with a dry morning. Two early risers used their initiatives and set about … Continue reading
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JMNR 20th February 2015
Blackbird (1), Blue Tit (2), Chaffinch (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Great Tit(1), Kingfisher (1), Mallard (4), Pheasant (1), Robin (3), Woodpigeon (1). Snowdrops in flower (track, C3b, C4c).
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Jim Mart Nature Reserve work party – Saturday 21st February 2015
So, today is Valentine’s Day. Once that brief novelty has faded it makes sense to turn to that true love of your life: wildlife and the outdoors. It might be 50 shades of grey outside but you can cheer yourself … Continue reading
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JMNR 12th February 2015
Blackbird (1), Blue Tit (2), Bullfinch (1), Jackdaw (4), Jay (1), Robin (1)
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JMNR 18th January 2015
Report from Paul Beard: “2 Mallard, 8 Crow, 1 Great tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 3 Blackbird, 1 Wren, 1 Robin. “Not a lot about, plenty of small mammal trails the frosty glass.”
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JMNR 17th January 2015
Two members braved a chilly start to this month’s work party but were rewarded later with pleasantly ‘warm’ sunshine. All of the reserve’s bird boxes were checked and cleaned out where necessary. We then moved on to the Big Garden … Continue reading
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Jim Mart Nature Reserve work party – Saturday 17th January 2015
A Happy New Year to everyone. If you haven’t made enough resolutions for 2015 yet, then why not aim to help out (more) at the club’s only wholly-owned nature reserve. You could even abandon some of those guilt-driven resolutions which … Continue reading
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JMNR 1st January 2015
Report by Nikki Mahadevan: “The site was nicely flattened by the snow which had completely thawed. The melt water had swollen the ponds and the brook to very high levels. I noticed that the ground was peppered by small holes, … Continue reading
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