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Grey Heron, Goldfinch and Squirrel

A Saturday of two halves. A bright sunny morning turned into a cool, damp afternoon. A grey heron was seen at Bumble Hole, a goldfinch...

The first day of spring started off quite cool and cloudy but soon developed into quite a sunny, pleasant Sunday. All the usual suspects...

A decent quite sunny Friday and noticeably warmer than of late too. The morning was spent around Saltwells wood where I managed to...

A pleasant sunny Monday and quite a successful visit. A great tit - which I've hand fed for the last few years - nuthatch, moorhen and...

The first of my 11-day Xmas break was both quite sunny and productive. A cormorant was snapped on Netherton Reservoir ski ramp with a...

A Friday afternoon visit to the wood proved to be unsuccessful albeit numerous squirrels were spotted as well as a touching addition to...

On a hastily booked Monday off work I happened upon a bat survey taking place in the wood. Numerous boxes showed signs of bat presence...

A sunny but not overly warm Sunday morning meant butterflies were again very limited in numbers. A robin struck a pose in the wood and,...

A cool but bright Friday afternoon and the butterfly numbers are definitely starting to dwindle with 8 species spotted. Four cute young...

Although it was a warm, pleasant Saturday it was quite breezy which meant photographing butterflies was going to be a little tricky -...