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...
Category: NatureNotes
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...
First Clump of Frog Spawn
On the 22nd March Phil Males wrote: After several false starts due to adverse weather the frogs in my pond have finally started to spawn with the laying of the first clump of spawn...
Pale Coloured Newts
On the 12th March Phil Males wrote: As promised some photos of the pale coloured smooth newts in my pond this year. They are not great photos but you can see the colour difference...
Brambling and female Blackcap
On the 12th March Terry McAnish wrote: During the recent snow this Brambling arrived and today a female Blackcap visited my feeders. Rick Replies: sorry mate it’s a Redwing not a Brambling. The...
Fieldfare?
On the 7th of March Katie Wenlock wrote: I was wondering if the attached photos are of a Fieldfare? – not seen one before so not sure if rare / endangered? but so strikingly...