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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 freely and kept to under bushes…
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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 of the Pyramid Orchids which are…
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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 coming from the woody bit beyond…
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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 the A30 opposite the Hatch and…
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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 much more common in the area…
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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 on 21 May over by the…
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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 curled up in the sun on…
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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 this pair of ducks every day…
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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 mid-day sun on one of felt…
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