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Sunday, 7 June 2009
Springwatch discovery day & nestbox update.
Posted by paulabaker
So, today has been our annual 'Springwatch Discovery Day' one of the many fun and exciting events that we hold here on the reserve. Todays activities included pond dipping, bug hunting, a tree challenge, a scavenger hunt, wildlife challenge and...
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Tadpole-tastic!
Posted by paulabaker
The sun has been shining on us in Lochwinnoch, and not a moment too soon as we prepared ourselves for our annual tadpole hunt (part of our fantastic frogs series). Swarms of people decended upon us at 11am to come and look for the wiggley wigglers (also...
Sunday, 17 May 2009
As I watched, a beak popped out...
Posted by paulabaker
We have been monitoring the progress of our two nests closely as we estimated the date of hatching for the blue tit family would be this weekend. In previous years we have come in one morning and found 10 hungry mouths being busily fed by two attentive...
Sunday, 10 May 2009
Spectacular Swifts!
Posted by paulabaker
Arriving in early May from Africa, the swift is one of the last migrants to arrive back in the UK, and they will be gone again by mid-August. Our first sighting in the area was on 26 April this year, with sightings on the reserve from 9 May onwards. Keep...
Friday, 8 May 2009
Eggstra eggstra!
Posted by paulabaker
So, following on from our 1 blue tit egg last week, we now have more exciting news. Whilst the blue tit has now finished laying hers (total for this year is 8 eggs) we also have action from the great tits nest, which appears to have 5 eggs this year....
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