Although the temperature only rose to 11 degrees Centigrade this morning, there were still 10+ Speckled Wood flying in the sheltered areas near the brook, but no other butterflies to be seen. A single Common Darter was in the same … Continue reading
A Dipper was seen flying up and down the brook during the morning, by Dick Johnson. This was the first record of Dipper for the reserve.
With the good weather continuing into October, butterfly transect recording has continued beyond the normal 26 week period. In week 28 the reserve produced a good turnout of butterflies for Nikki Mahadevan with 3 Comma, 2 Red Admiral and 9 … Continue reading
The week 25 and week 26 transect walks were reported by Nikki Mahadevan. For week 25 see Nikki’s earlier post headed 20th September (the Common Blue mentioned was unfortunately outside of the transect recording area). Nikki produced two records for … Continue reading
The trap was set up by the garden hedge at the hide end on the evening of 3rd October. Only one moth was attracted by the trap, 1 Angle Shades, and this was on the outside of the trap in the … Continue reading
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Blue tit, GS Woodpecker, Wood Pigeon, Long-tailed tit, Great tit, Blue tit, Buzzard, House Martin, Wren. 1 Small Copper, 1 GV White, 3 Red Admiral, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Peacock, 1 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 1 Common Blue. (The majority of the … Continue reading
Sightings from this morning’s work party members: Birds: Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Mallard, Moorhen, Raven, Robin, Woodpigeon. Butterflies: Comma (basking on Broad-leaved Pondweed in the Bottom Pond), Red Admiral, Small … Continue reading
The Derbyshire Mammal Group carried out it’s second annual survey of small mammals at the reserve on the weekend of the 4th to the 6th September 2015. Over the three sessions 53 specimens of four species were recorded and released. The … Continue reading
Week 24. Alan Kydd picked the penultimate day of the short Indian summer to carry out this week’s survey, finding most of the action focussed on the Buddleja. 1 Comma, 1 Large White, 1 Painted Lady, 10 Peacock, 5 Red Admiral, 3 … Continue reading
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The moth trap was set up on 10th September at 8-8.30 pm. Near the trap while setting up were 2 Straw Dot, 2 Silver y, 1 Large Yellow Underwing and 1 Mother of Pearl. In the trap in the morning was: … Continue reading
