Did they say “By doing it during the summer holidays the nesting should have finished.” —– Well I have just been told that 1 pair of the Dabchicks have started to nest and its half way through August – it will be well into SEPTEMBER before any eggs hatch, so if boats do come...
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God help the Dabchicks if they nest… http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/news/Couple-to-set-up-rowing.6430017.jp ..note the last sentence.. “By doing it during the summer holidays the nesting should have finished.” … when we have had Dabchicks nesting on the Slea they have ALWAYS nested during AUGUST, for example in 2008 this post… http://www.lifeontheslea.co.uk/wp/?p=420 ..shows that on August 15 the last...
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The good news is that apparently there were TWO pairs of Dabchicks on the Slea this morning, if they both stay there could be a lot of fighting as they are reasonably close together. The BAD news is that I have been told that someone has asked permission to have 2 ROW BOATS on...
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SUPRISE SUPRISE, after the Navigation Trust ‘celebrated’ the opening of the new slipway and monstrosity brigde on Sunday the dam at the weir near the Mill was taken down. So did the Navigation Trust just dam the Slea to increase the water level ‘just’ for the boats, did they give a ‘dam’ (pun intended)...
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This is why I get so PI$$ED off… a little while ago The Sleaford navigation Trust (I assume) asked the ‘people responsible’ for creating a dam on the Slea to stop, this was done it said because the people involved were worried about the wildlife not having enough water. This is obviously a little...
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Unusual sighting on the Slea… … no not really, I have just been away photographing Whales and Dolphins (along with a Leatherback Turtle and Cory´s Shearwaters etc) in the Azores. I will post a whale shot soon also Photographing Whales from a moving boat is hard, photographing Shearwaters is also hard BUT photographing wild...
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It was Kingfisher Heaven on the Slea today… first we saw a Kingfisher, then we saw a Kingfisher, then we saw a Kingfisher, then we saw TWO Kingfishers and then we saw a Kingfisher AGAIN I was also told (but have no proof) that Baby Kingfishers have been seen recently on the Slea, the...
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I have not seen the Coot for a while, perhaps (s)he has flown ? Some of the Ducklings are getting quite big now, also some that are just a day or so old are on the river. Most of the baby Moorhens seem to be doing well but nothing much else happening at the...
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I saw the ‘first’ second brood of Moorhens on the Slea today near the Mill, it looks like only one of the first brood survived. A Duck was minding its own business with 8-10 ducklings who were only a couple of days old, when 4-5-6 males set apon her, if they kill her, which...
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The Coot is still around there are some ducklings that are getting quite big now, but we do not seem to have had as many Ducklings as previous years. Also still quite a few baby Moorhens up and down the river and at least 1 on the pond. One from the archives…
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