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Wildlife Diary May 2025
A Moth trap on the 1st caught 32 individuals, 15 species, including a Fox Moth that laid eggs in the trap and a Black Burying Beetle. All the Moths were released after identification; Fox Moth, Great Prominent, Hebrew Character,Brindled Beauty, Muslin, Treble...
Wild Flower Walk – 28th May 2025
Wednesday 28th May 2025 - 2.30pm Join us for a walk around our 26 acre nature reserve to see the wild flowers...maybe even some early butterflies! Enjoy the haven we have created for wildlife, with open grassland and woodland alongside the River Ashburn. This unique...
Annual Prize Draw
Annual Prize DrawHelp Barn Owls and win a fabulous prize! Our ever popular Annual Prize Draw tickets are now available online. Every pound you donate gives you a chance to win a great prize and helps our vital conservation work with Barn Owls. If you would like...
Wildlife Diary April 2025
On a Dawn Chorus Walk on the 1st April our 7 visitors saw Blackbird, Mandarin Duck, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Tawny Owl (before most people arrived), Herring Gull,Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Linnet, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Jay, Red Kite and Buzzard. They also heard Great...
Wildlife Diary March 2025
March arrived with beautiful blue skies and sunshine. However cold and frosty nights meant that shady areas stayed frozen until lunchtime. Primroses and Celandines were enjoying the sun in North Park and the Daffodils in the Orchard had begun flowering. A Sparrowhawk...
Wildlife Diary February 2025
More Bluebell leaves were appearing in Corner Wood on the 1st and 2nd. The Snowdrops around some of the Apple trees at the top of Forde Orchard were blooming. The cattle were due to be removed on the 3rd however, we recorded another first for the LLP when Harry, on...
Wildlife Diary January 2025
The year began with a mean temperature of 7.8°C and rain. The 2nd was dry with a beautiful sunny morning and frost in the shade, the mean temperature dropped to 2.8°C. Song Thrush, Robin, Dunnock and Great Tits were loud in song. Nuthatch calling near Field Shelter in...
Nestbox Occupancy Research Project – Update Dec 2024
In 2023, we began our current research project ultimately looking to answer the question: “How likely is it that a newly erected Barn Owl nestbox will be used by a Barn Owl, or other species?” The project involves our Conservation Team installing a total of 90 new...
Wildlife Diary December 2024
On the 2nd December Josh and Harry started work on repairing the stream bed between the two ponds. They worked on it for three days and by the end of the week the stream was flowing beautifully, long may it continue. On the 3rd we had a dry day with unusually, a blue...