Thursday, 2 September 2010
Nature Fact
Young Pipistrelle bats start catching insects in August. The females leave the nursery to find males for mating.
Monday, 26 July 2010
Nature Watch
May ended with with cool, wet weather but June was warm and sunny - good news for emerging insects and birds dependant on them to feed their young.
SIGHTINGS
Plants in flower: Hairy Tare, Smooth Tare, Common Vetch, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Cut-leaved Geranium, Meadow Buttercup, Beaked Hawk's Beard, Foxglove. Common Helloborine has been in flower for several weeks.
Reptiles/Amphibians: Slow Worms, Common Lizards, Grass Snake, young Frogs. Adders have emerged with the warmer weather, usually seen in the early morning sunshine.
Butterflies: Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Small and Large Whites, Brimstone, Peacock, Red Admirals, Common Blue. Large numbers of Silver Studded Blues emerged in late June/July.
Insects: Horse Fly, Leafhopper Cicadellidae, Ichneumon Fly(Lissonota setose).
Dragonflies/Damselflies: Four Spot Chasers, Broad Bodied Chasers, Large Red, Azure.
Mammals: Roe Deer, Pipistrelle Bats, Wood Mouse.
Birds: Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Wren, Robin, Blackbirds, Sing Thrush, Dunnocks, Jays, Jackdaws, Crows, Black Headed Gulls, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Buzzards, Sparrowhawks, Siskins, Tree Pipits, Stonechats, Heron. A pair of Canada Geese have been recorded flying over the Reserve on several occasions. A flock of Swift on the wing are feeding on the plentiful supply of insects. The sound of a Nightjar has been heard at dusk throughout June and July.
A very large bird flew up from the ground in the Hazelwood West area. This was probably a Buzzard as they do look large when viewed in close proximity. Sightings of a Buzzard have been recorded in the past flying about a metre above the ground, following the route of the path, for quite some distance.
NATURE FACTS
Adders or Vipers are our only venomous snake and will usually seek cover in the nearest vegetation when vibrations of walking feet approach.
SIGHTINGS
Plants in flower: Hairy Tare, Smooth Tare, Common Vetch, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Cut-leaved Geranium, Meadow Buttercup, Beaked Hawk's Beard, Foxglove. Common Helloborine has been in flower for several weeks.
Reptiles/Amphibians: Slow Worms, Common Lizards, Grass Snake, young Frogs. Adders have emerged with the warmer weather, usually seen in the early morning sunshine.
Butterflies: Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Small and Large Whites, Brimstone, Peacock, Red Admirals, Common Blue. Large numbers of Silver Studded Blues emerged in late June/July.
Insects: Horse Fly, Leafhopper Cicadellidae, Ichneumon Fly(Lissonota setose).
Dragonflies/Damselflies: Four Spot Chasers, Broad Bodied Chasers, Large Red, Azure.
Mammals: Roe Deer, Pipistrelle Bats, Wood Mouse.
Birds: Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Wren, Robin, Blackbirds, Sing Thrush, Dunnocks, Jays, Jackdaws, Crows, Black Headed Gulls, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Buzzards, Sparrowhawks, Siskins, Tree Pipits, Stonechats, Heron. A pair of Canada Geese have been recorded flying over the Reserve on several occasions. A flock of Swift on the wing are feeding on the plentiful supply of insects. The sound of a Nightjar has been heard at dusk throughout June and July.
A very large bird flew up from the ground in the Hazelwood West area. This was probably a Buzzard as they do look large when viewed in close proximity. Sightings of a Buzzard have been recorded in the past flying about a metre above the ground, following the route of the path, for quite some distance.
NATURE FACTS
Adders or Vipers are our only venomous snake and will usually seek cover in the nearest vegetation when vibrations of walking feet approach.
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