Wildlife Diary

On a Dawn Chorus Walk on the 1st April our 7 visitors saw Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Linnet, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Jay, Red Kite and Buzzard. They also heard Robin, House Sparrow, Wren, Goldfinch, Siskin, Skylark, Chiffchaff, Blackcap and saw lots of Toad spawn in...

March arrived with beautiful blue skies and sunshine. However cold and frosty nights meant that shady areas stayed frozen until lunchtime.  Primroses and Celandines were enjoying the sun in North Park and the Daffodils in the Orchard had begun flowering. A Sparrowhawk...

More Bluebell leaves were appearing in Corner Wood on the 1st and 2nd. The Snowdrops around some of the Apple trees at the top of Forde Orchard were blooming. The cattle were due to be removed on the 3rd however, we recorded another first for the LLP when Harry, on...

The year began with a mean temperature of 7.8°C and rain. The 2nd was dry with a beautiful sunny morning and frost in the shade, the mean temperature dropped to 2.8°C. Song Thrush, Robin, Dunnock and Great Tits were loud in song. Nuthatch calling near Field Shelter in...

On the 2nd December Josh and Harry started work on repairing the stream bed between the two ponds. They worked on it for three days and by the end of the week the stream was flowing beautifully, long may it continue.  On the 3rd we had a dry day with unusually, a blue...

  The start of the month was mild, cloudy and overcast. The goats escaped from the Main Field and were collected from a neighbour on the 2nd, they were shut in Kiln Close whilst we tried to discover how they got out. There was a Barn Owl in the Kestrel provision...

  A pair of very steady Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) appeared on the Flo Pond on the 1st and were around for much of the day. Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) emerged in the grass on the edge of the long path during the first week of the month. Heavy...

Small bird numbers on the winter bird food crop seem to be increasing every day 150- 200 were seen on the 3rd, predominantly Linnets with Goldfinch and other species mixed in. Harry and volunteer Guy burnt up all the brash and wood in the orchard. Our first ever...