Female Blackbird Colouring
On 26th August Shelley Nicholls writes: We live in Lychpit and noticed a young female blackbird regular visitor to our garden. At first she had no tail feathers at all but she could hop quite...
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Marbled Whites and other observations
On the 23rd June Phil Males wrote: On Thursday I manage to catch a few shots of the first marbled white butterflies I have seen this summer on the Millfield together with some shots...
Winners and Losers on the Millfield
On the 12th of June Gill More wrote: I went for a wander around Mill Field and on the far ‘village’ side in the woodland edge I heard a repeated harsh sound. It was...
Kites, Deer and Hares
On the 8th of June Roos Needs writes: I’ve attached another two taken in Old Basing (a Hare and a Deer together in a feild behind Belle Vue Road, taken from the lay-by on...
Red Kite over Belle Vue Road
On the 7th of June Ross Needs wrote: I just thought that I would share a couple of photos of a Red Kite flying over my house this week. These lovely birds are becoming...
Blue Tits and Cuckoo
On the 1st June Terry McAnish wrote: I am pleased to say all eight Blue Tits fledged safely and I spent two days chasing Magpies etc away till they left. Also heard a Cuckoo...
Surprising Cavalier Road pond find
On the 10th of May Jill Eckersley wrote: I was just cleaning the water rill which feeds into our pond, glanced down into the pond and was very surprised to see a grass snake...
Cavalier Road birds
On the 29th of April Viv Boyns wrote: I see that from your articles in the Basing that people let you know what birds they are seeing in their gardens, well I have had...
Stumpy the Lizard
On the 29th of April Phil Males wrote: Whilst walking along the grass path off Swing Swang Lane by the railway line in the direction of town, I spotted this chap basking in the...
Sparrow Hawk and Siskin
On the 28th of March Stephen Thair wrote: On the ornithological front, we have had Mr and Mrs Blackcap around all winter, and a week or so ago there were 2 male Blackcaps...