Category Archives: JMNR News

From logbook – Ian W 1 Stoat crossing Hide bridge, 1 Heron, 2 Moorhen, 4 Blue tits, 2 Long-tailed Tits,

Nikki M – pm  24C wind B2 NE Butterfly transect carried out, species reported: Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Large Skipper, Red Admiral, unidentified White, Peacock larva on nettles. Moths: Silver-ground carpet, Yellow Shell, Nettle tap, Blood-vein, Silver-y. Large Red … Continue reading →

From logbook – ? 1.30-3.30 pm. Weather clouded over about 2.30pm and wind got up and cooled over. 4 Speckled Wood, 1 Large Skipper, 2 Meadow Brown in edge of area of wildflower meadow.

From logbook – Ian Wilbur 1 Kestrel, 1 Wren, 2 Tawny, 2 young Moorhen on Bottom Pond, 1 female Mandarin with juv on Hide Pond. Perch feeding on tadpoles in Hide Pond.

Nikki M – early morning after emptying moth trap Moths: Celypha lacunana, Timothy Tortrix, Blood-vein, White-headed dwarf (Elachista albifrontella). Speckled Wood. Chiffchaff, Blackbird, gull (overhead), Moorhen, juvenille Blue tit and Great tit. Brown-lipped Snail. Flowers: Ox-eye Daisy, Marsh Orchid, hybrid … Continue reading →

Two moth traps were set up on the evening of 12th June and emptied the following morning. The usual 8W actinic Heath trap was set up near the hide. In addition, a 9W LED uv lamp  powered by an USB … Continue reading →

From logbook – Jeff Davis, hot and dry, 3.30-5.00 pm Still only a few Whites moving down by stream. 4-Spotted Chaser showing on BP with large number of Azure damsels moving about the pond. Moorhens bred on banks of BP … Continue reading →

From logbook – Jeff Davis, warm and overcast, 10.00-1.30 Few GV Whites, Chiffchaff and Chaffinch singing. A Four-spotted Chaser emergent from BP onto dead stalks. Made short flight then flew left towards reserve.

From logbook – Bill Padley, hot and sunny 3pm Wren at nest box inside pump house.

From logbook – Bill Padley, warm sunny evening 8.30 pm Blue Tits feeding young in box in far corner across stream (opp Bottom Pond)