Wildlife Diary
Wildlife Diary October 2024
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...
September 2024
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...
Wildlife Diary August 2024
Between the 5th and the 12th David and Harry worked on the abstraction point in the river which feeds the ponds. Blocking has been a constant problem since the ponds were created in November 2006. The system was redesigned in 2010, but it still blocked regularly,...
Wildlife Diary July 2024
A Butterfly Walk on the afternoon of the 2nd revealed more butterflies than during June, but numbers are extremely, and worryingly, low compared to other years. Species spotted included Small and Large Skippers, Marbled Whites, Ringlet, Meadow Browns and one...
Wildlife Diary June 2024
The month began dry, and the Lesser Stitchwort and Birdsfoot Trefoil had begun flowering in the grassland alongside the Germander Speedwell. The Skylark was seen and heard again on the 1st over the Main Field. On the 2nd a Heron was seen on the river below the top...
About our Wildlife Diary
About our Wildlife Diary The 26 acre Lennon Legacy Project was purchased in 2001 with a generous legacy from the late Vivien Lennon. This unique nature reserve includes part of the River Ashburn which runs through a woodland valley, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon,...
Wildlife Diary May 2024
The first Crosswort was seen flowering in the Main Field on the 1st of the month. The Orchid patch was still looking magnificent as were the Bluebells and the large patches of Greater Stitchwort in the rough grass. Three Wood Mice and a Slow worm were found when...
Wildlife Diary April 2024
A Mandarin Drake was in the pool above the top bridge in Corner Wood on the 1st. On the 2nd there was a pair there and a Wood Mouse under the corrugated sheet nearest to the Top Field Shelter. The Mouse was there again on the 3rd and the 4thand has built a nest. A...
Wildlife Diary March 2024
Blackthorn was blossoming in the Pennsland Lane hedge on the 1st, a week after the Blackthorn in the Kiln Close hedge started. Mowing of the winter bird food crop continued and whilst driving the tractor, David saw a Shrew and two Field Voles, one taken by a Buzzard....