Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Some Randoms - Super Macro Blue Bottles - Click to open image and click it again to Zoom into high definition detail

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House Sparrows - Welcome Squatters in the Swift Box (in the absence of any swifts staking a claim)!

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Black-tailed Skimmer Dragonfly

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Monday, 10 April 2023

Green woodpecker (Male) calling and drumming!

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The entrance hole to the nest box was made at the size recommended in various guides,  but it seems this chap wants a grander entrance; look...
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Sunday, 9 April 2023

Kestrel Pair - Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler? - Long-tailed Tit

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 The Male Kestrel and the Female. Chiffchaff?  Long-tailed Tit
Thursday, 30 March 2023

So we do have Badgers!

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Further to the previous post showing a hulled out hedgehog skin, I put out a camera trap in the same spot and 2 days later this little fella...
Sunday, 26 March 2023

Unexpected find... Not for the squeamish!

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 I was walking the perimeter of LBF and saw a hedgehog on top of a mound of dried grass at the edge of some trees. On closer inspection some...

Reminiscing from July 2022 - A Walk around the pond at Longbeach Farm!

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This short clip was taken on a beautiful Sunday in July last year, I hope to do a walk round each year to compare how the pond vegetation an...
Friday, 24 March 2023

Bat Box Roost (Approx. 90CM x 50CM x 10CM)

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The Bat box / Roosting site went up today; as with the other boxes I have made, I used exterior grade plywood. I lined the landing plate and...
Sunday, 19 March 2023

Kestrel Penthouse with Waterside Views.

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  Sunday rolled around and the urge to build another nest box was hard to resist.  The Kestrel house was straightforward to build, but as wi...
Saturday, 18 March 2023

Tawny Owl Nest Boxes - fingers X'd

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A productive Saturday; purchased some exterior plywood and set about building 2 x Tawny Owl nest boxes. - Hopefully more boxes for Bats, Lit...
Thursday, 16 March 2023

Chironomidae Exuviae - non-biting midge larvae.

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Seems the insect life in the pond think spring is here as there was a large hatch of midge larvae today.  No sign of the midges just hundred...
Sunday, 12 March 2023

Common Toad - Seems perturbed after my unannounced lifting of his roof.

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It has been one of those rare weekends when I simply did not feel motivated to get out and about... On Saturday morning I received a letter...
Saturday, 4 March 2023

Roe, a deer, a female deer... (No, these are both males!)

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Minding my own business in the pop-up hide this morning waiting for the birds to show and was rewarded with the deer strolling into view.  I...

Finches, Tits and Great Spotted Peckers

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