Wildlife Blog 3rd August 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events from the nest: 10:45am – Both birds on nest, both mantling. 12:20pm – Male returns to nest briefly, and then leaves. 12:23pm – Female returns to …
Wildlife Blog 1st August 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events from the nest: 09:00am – Nest unattended. 09:25am – Immature redstart with parent on nest for approx. two minutes. 09:55am – Male returns to nest with …
Massive bee colony in the visitor centre
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Our resident bee colony here in the visitor centre has been described by local expert and hive owner as the largest colony of its type that he has ever seen. Brian …
Sightings summary – July 2011
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July is traditionally a quiet month on the Basin with not much happening. The past month, however, has been anything but quiet; with waders starting to return after the breeding …
Wildlife Blog 27th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events from the nest today: 9.00am – Nest empty. 9.21am – Male returns to nest with stick then flies off. 9.35am – Female calling on nest. 10.19am …
Moth Madness – 25th August
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Come and join our ranger team in taking a closer look at moths: The mysterious visitors in the night. Many people are afraid of moths or just annoyed with them …
Wildlife Blog 25th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events from the nest today: 9.00am – Female at the nest 12.52pm – Male at the nest, moved large stick from centre of nest to left hand …
Shoreline find
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The following is an article which was originally written back in March 2010. One of the great pleasures of beach-combing is the possibility that something new and unexpected will appear …
Wildlife Blog 22nd July 2011
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Events from the nest today: This morning the female was on the nest until 9:45am when two intruder ospreys were seen nearby, she then began alarm calling and left to …
Wildlife Blog 20th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events from the nest today: 09:00 – Female on nest. 10:55 – Female leaves nest. 10:56 – Female returns to nest, calling. 11:50 – Female leaves nest. …