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Ponies checked and groomed

Last Friday (12 February) a group of pony volunteers spent some time with Ascot and Bee, the two … Read More

Pony eating rush

Just to report that as I walked along the Pads footpath yesterday I observed one of the ponies … Read More

February flush count

We delayed a week because of strong winds and I was starting to think we would have to … Read More

Fieldfare and Mr Fox

Yesterday (2/2/2016) we saw 9 fieldfare in Big Meadow at about 3.45pm. About an hour later, they’d moved … Read More

Thrush and geese

Part of the large flock of geese currently feeding on the hills adjacent to West Field actually crossed … Read More

Disappointing results

Snipe numbers on the reserve have previously been on a rising trend at this time of year. Not … Read More

Counting in the fog

After the dryness of the early autumn, the marshes are now awash. And the snipe are coming back … Read More

Snipe

Whilst ragworting (the last foray?) around the edges of the Big Meadow marsh put up two snipe.

Deer, birds and flowers

Three sightings of roe deer today, two very definite ones of a single deer running through Lower Sowerholme … Read More