Category Archives: JMNR Sightings

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.

Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch (singing), Great Tit, Mallard (pair), Pheasant, Wren. Blackthorn beginning to flower, Spring Crocus (or it might be Early Crocus) in C4a, and a few Lesser Celandine and Dandelions. Bluebells leaves are coming up, but not … Continue reading →

Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Wren. Field Vole, Rabbit. A few Lesser Celandine in flower between the Bottom Pond and the Brook (C6a), and in front of the Hide. Another patch of Snowdrops has emerged from the … Continue reading →

Chaffinch, Blackbird, wren, Bullfinch (heard), Woodpigeon, Great tit, Blue tit. Hazel flowers, Snowdrops. Bug in reed mace Liocoris tripustulatus – http://www.ispotnature.org/node/775868