Category: Wildlife

Corvedale Drive

Driving down Corvedale today, at the end of July, the fields were golden with ripening crops which will soon be harvested, leaving the ground bare waiting to be ploughed. The woodlands in contrast were dark and brooding, clothed in bottle green, almost

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Dead or Dry Hedges

Walking round the Onny Meadows you will notice some piles of brash, some of which is used as a barrier. They are referred to as Dead or Dry Hedges. This is a good way of using the brash accumulated from cutting down

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Onny Meadows Ponds

The Onny Meadows has two ponds that are surrounded by trees such as Alder, hazel and willow. One pond has a dipping platform over the water. The coots, moorhens and reed warblers love them. Recently water rails have been seen and there

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Roe Deer Sightings

Lyndon, working upstairs, saw an animal coming down the field at the back of our house. This is not unusual as people walk their dogs through this field, although there is no footpath. Initially he couldn’t work out what it was, then

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Hummingbird Hawk Moth

Working in the garden today I have seen a Hummingbird Hawk Moth. It was feeding on the valerian, hovering like a Hummingbird and putting its long tongue into the flowers to feed. Every few seconds moving onto the next flower. I have

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A Thrush’s Garden Visit

A friend was noticing lots of snail shells in their back garden and on their driveway. They saw a baby Thrush being taught how to get the snail from the shell, which usually involves smashing the snail shell on a hard surface

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Cuckoo, Cuckoo

I was awake before 5am listening to the dawn chorus. I still can’t quite believe I heard it. It is the first time since I lived in Suffolk, sixteen years ago, that I have heard one. A Cuckoo, it only cuckooed twice.

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Wonderwool Drive

The drive to Wonderwool takes about an hour. So having a wonderful day we had a lovely drive to Builth Wells and back home. It was a sunny day although started out cool. The South Shropshire Hills were stunning as were the

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Spring Marches On

We have had a few sunny days which make everything in nature burst into life. We have had the odd rainy day which, of course, helps. The daffodils are now past their best but there is so much out there to look

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Day Flying Bat

Today we saw a bat flying around the house during the day. We often see them flying at night and they have been about regularly for a week now. This was the first time either of us had seen one in the

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