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December Wildlife Report

December Wildlife Report

Wild Wednesdays may have stopped for the winter but nature hasn’t. Some of our log piles are coming into their own now they have been lying for several years and are supporting an array different types of fungi: tiny bonnet mushrooms, large and small bracket fungi and...
Wildlife Report

Wildlife Report

What a difference a week makes! The red-eyed damselflies have exploded onto the scene and are the most prevalent damselfly out at the moment.     They are already down to business, vying for position on the floating vegetation so look out for them on the...
Wildlife Report

Wildlife Report

The wildflowers on the bend of the river Frome came with a soundtrack of birdsong that took some dissecting: wren, song thrush, reed warbler, Cetti’s warbler with the odd honk of a goose.   Unlike the reed warbler, our Cetti’s warblers don’t migrate to warmer...
Wildlife Report

Wildlife Report

The common reed, our tallest native grass, is beginning to flower as the reed warblers begin to return from Africa where they over winter. Two birds arrived early and had an oratory duel in the reeds along north bank. Only one bird is now singing at that spot so...
Wildlife Report

Wildlife Report

Bumblebees have been on the wing for several months, even on cooler days, but these are mostly the familiar stripy buff-tailed bumblebees. Now we are beginning to see the Common Carder Bee and the Tree Bumblebee both with rich ginger thorax.   Tree Bumble Bee...
Wildlife Report

Wildlife Report

The Butterfly Walk might be considered primarily of interest when the multi-coloured buddleia are in flower in mid-late summer, attracting butterflies such as Peacocks and Red Admirals. However, there is more to it than that. At the end of last month, the blackthorn...