What an excellent sight and sound I have now of the juvenile Swallows been feed by their parents at Caldene Fields. The first time for a good number of years the species have bred on site. Which brings me onto…
There’s an Elephant in the fields!
I have always been aware that we have 2 species of Hawkmoths in our recording area. The Poplar has been recorded 4 times at Caldene Fields. A good number of years ago I found a caterpillar of the Elephant Hawkmoth…
Reed or Marsh!
What a day I had yesterday! At 11.00 I was surveying butterflies at Raw Nook Nr when I heard a brief song of a Arco warbler coming from deep inside a thicket of Rosebay Willowherb and bramble. I knew there…
New Moth!
Found a new moth last night at Caldene Fields a Dark Spectacle.
A Special Moment!
Because of the low light and early morning drizzle I didn’t take my camera…big mistake! because I was lucky enough to witness at Toad Hole Beck a female Blackcap feeding 3 newly fledged chicks all huddled together on a branch……
Jackdaws and Red Kite sightings!
An excellent counts of 67 Jackdaws were at Caldene Fields yesterday included in this total were adults and juvs. This illustrates how well this species is doing as on the 23/2/1981 I recorded a single Jackdaws in the fields and…
It’s like been at the seaside!
Herring Gulls again were flying and calling over Caldene Fields this morning but due to the strong sunlight and how high up the birds were flying I couldn’t get a count….. A singing male Common Whitethroat was again at Toad…
Early record for the Common Blue!
Had my first sighting of a male Common Blue butterfly at Raw Nook NR this morning. Incidentally this is my earliest record for the species. Found what I thought was a new Ladybird today also at Raw Nook NR…….but it turn…
What a beauty!
Whilst down at Raw Nook Nr this morning I came across a female Broad-bodied Chaser warming herself up in the sunshine and what a beauty! The species has bred before in our area so fingers crossed she finds a…
Herring Gulls!
This morning an unprecedented 17 Herring Gulls moved south over Caldene Fields in a single party which was very unusual…… Also yesterday another unprecedented moment happened at Raw Nook NR pond there were excellent numbers of mating Azure damselflies I estimated at…
