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January 2025 Snipe Flush Count

On Monday 6 January the survey team carried out the third count of the winter.

December 2024 Snipe Flush Count

On Monday 2Ā December we carried out the second Snipe survey of the winter season.

Look out for the Fox

The group doing the snipe count on Monday also flushed a fox …

November 2024 Snipe Flush Count

Yesterday morning the first monthly Snipe flush count of the winter season was carried out …

Barn Owl Seen Hunting

A barn owl has been seen hunting over the reserveĀ  at dusk most evenings of the last week …

March 2024 Snipe Flush Count

Here is the tally of birds seen at the March (and final) snipe flush.

Redwings

A flock of about 30 redwings feeding in the vicinity of Alder Pond in Big Meadow this morning.

Stoat

On Wednesday 28th October, 13.15. A stoat ran across the Pads footpath from Big Meadow to the Orchard … Read More