Category Archives: JMNR Sightings

Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Grey Heron, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Robin, Song Thrush, Wren. Badger (latrines), Brown Rat (droppings), Water Vole (droppings and latrines). Common Toad. Cream-spot Ladybird (photo). A group of small blue beetles (awaiting identification). A freshwater … Continue reading →

Pheasant, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon, Buzzard, Crow, Magpie, Nuthatch, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Mistle Thrush, Mallard, Blackbird, Wren. Grey Squirrel, Rabbit. Brown Hare in Liz’s Wood Paul Beard  

Chiffchaff, Pheasant, Song Thrush, Mallard, Moorhen, Coat Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Crow, Common Buzzard, Goldfinch, Wren, Nuthatch, Robin. Paul Beard

Water vole dropping on rock adjacent to Bottom Pond. Jay, Chiffchaff. Added from ispot Nikki: Lichen on gate Physcia adscendens – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/786957 Capillary Thread-moss (Bryum capillare) – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/786967 Grey-cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata) – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/787642

Rain and cloud cleared sufficiently by mid afternoon to allow the first butterfly transect of the season to be carried out. 1 Small Tortoiseshell put in an appearance! 2 Buzzard, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue tit, Great tit, Chaffinch, Wren, Jay, Carrion … Continue reading →

Male and female Grey Wagtails, Goldcrest, Tree Creeper, Chiffchaff, Wood Pigeon, Mallard, Carrion Crow, Kestrel, Blue tit, Great tit, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Pheasant, Robin, Wren. Dead frog Bottom Pond, frogspawn Hide and Middle Ponds. Several hoverflies on willow (Eristalis pertinax) In … Continue reading →

A lovely sunny day, 1pm 1m Mandarin, 2 Mallards, Blackbird, Blue tit, Great tit, Goldfinch, Pheasant, Moorhen, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Tree Creeper, 3 Nuthatch, Buzzard, Robin. 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Small Tortoiseshell, Bumblebees, a hoverfly (Eristalis pertinax). Dead frog Bottom … Continue reading →

Chaffinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Moorhen, 2m Mandarin Duck, 4 Crow, Buzzard, Pheasant, Wood Pigeon, Wren, 2 LT Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch. A lot of small fish fry in the hide pond. Paul Beard

Sightings from today’s work party: Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Common Buzzard (3), Great Tit, Mandarin Duck (2 flew out of the big trees on the north boundary and landed in the brook in the Jolly Cobbler’s field), Moorhen, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, … Continue reading →

Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Robin. Two mating Frogs and a lot of fresh frogspawn in the shallows of the Bottom Pond.