a valiant attempt to divert the river !
which is now running into the drainage channel and flowing backwards to the site
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Friday, February 28th, 2014 | Author: Steve
Category: landscape, unusual sightings
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011 | Author: Steve
This is the longest centipede I have ever seen! On an elder stump …. must have been 50 – 75mm long when stretched out .. and unusual sight as they’re generally nocturnal
I think I’ll adopt it as my
Signature photo!
and at last a shot of the heron in flight, but almost missed it…
Category: uncategorized, unusual sightings
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Saturday, November 06th, 2010 | Author: Keith
present on site today, some welcome, some not . . .
the pair of little grebes are back, I assume it’s the same two.
Here’s one of them, they are staying close together compared to previous seasons.
there were about 10 collared doves on the feeder today, nothing else got near while they mobbed the perches.
one of the four ring-necked parakeets seen today, if this lot get a hold in the area, things may never be the same!
Category: birds, unusual sightings
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 | Author: Sheila
I nearly stepped on this grass snake that was
basking in the morning sunshine on the entrance
basking in the morning sunshine on the entrance
drive. A group of ramblers arrived at the same
and were thrilled to share this sighting with us.
This must now be the most photographed snake
in England! It eventually became camera shy
and slithered slowly away into the adjacent grass.
Perhaps it had only just come out of hibernation
as this occurs in March/April?
Category: reptiles, unusual sightings
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010 | Author: Sheila
The continuing cold weather is making the Reserve more interesting for bird sightings every day. On Wednesday we had:
4 pairs of Gadwalls
I Tufted Duck – female
3 Shovelers -2 males and 1 female
1 pair of Teal
Bullfinches
Large flocks of Siskin
2 Red Kite flew over
Pair of Brambling
Category: birds, unusual sightings
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Wednesday, July 02nd, 2008 | Author: Sheila
Something stirred deep in the swamplands of the WWA – an intruder all the way from the Mississippi (or rather the local pet shop!)……..a female Red-eared Terrapin which had grown to a length of almost 10 inches – now seen captured in one of our yellow trugs. She is safely in the hands of the RSPCA officer (literally) after probably having been released into the Reserve by an irresponsible pet owner. These terrapins were all the rage as pets in the 1990s when the T.V. series ‘Teenage mutant ninja turtles’ was broadcast . But when people bought them they were only tiny. Then they grew…….and grew…and people no longer wanted them as pets. How long she had been living in the ‘Boggy Area’ is unknown – apparently they can hibernate in mud for long periods. She may have surfaced recently as the temperature has risen. Committee member Jack thought he caught a glimpse of her some weeks ago – and he was right!
Category: first sightings, reptiles, unusual sightings
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