Category Archives: JMNR Sightings

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)

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

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.

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

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 →

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.

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.

Blue Tit (3), Great Tit, Nuthatch, Wren. One pair of Mallard on each of the Hide and Bottom Ponds.

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 →

Sightings from today’s work party: Birds: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Jackdaw, Kestrel (2), Nuthatch, Robin, Redwing, Rook, Sparrowhawk, Woodpigeon, Wren. Mammal: Grey Squirrel. A black Cat Felis catus was reported, seen on the reserve on 14th November (Peter … Continue reading →