I saw all three baby (now teenagers) Moorhens on Lollycocks pond today, so they have all survived. There are still a few baby Moorhen second broods around, I do not count these now as I just hate it when I realise that 1 has been lost. A dog went for a moorhen today and...
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I have not seen the Tufted Ducks that Graham commented on but that is normal as they have come and gone in the past, and come back again I only saw 1 teenage Moorhen on the pond today but have no reason to believe the other two were not hiding somewhere. There is 3...
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Today I saw THREE baby Moorhens on Lollycocks pond, so we have not lost one as I had feared. There are still one or two Mallards with what looks like 1-2-3 day old Ducklings around Have you ever wondered what the eyes of a Dragonfly look like… Terry
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Thats how it goes sometimes… in that I have occasionally seen a Water Vole on the Slea, a small number of times I have seen two but Paul (who did the Dabchick video) saw FIVE on Sunday. After speaking to other people I believe a total of at least 8 different Water Voles have...
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A bit different today, firstly I saw my first Common Lizard of the year, he was basking in the sun Then I saw a baby Rabbit as shown below. After that I saw a small Water Vole, as he/she was smallish I am hoping that he/she is from a recent litter which would mean...
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Its quite a time since I saw ‘Stiff Legs’ although he did also disapear last year for quite a time but eventually came back. BUT I had a great view of the Kingfisher today. I was standing still and he/she came up the river and as it passed me (only a few yards away)...
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A adult Moorhen with babies saw a small duckling getting too close for comfort, so it attacked the duckling which dived under water, the Moorhen was waiting for it to come back to the surface when I saw something dark travelling fast out of the corner of my eye. This dark object was the...
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