Nature Diaries

A selection from the Nature Diaries in 2011-

'March 15th 2011 -  Red Kite being chased off by crow'

'March 20th - bats seen at dusk (Lesser Horsehoe)'

'Swifts arrived 10th April'

'Swallows arrived April 19th 2011 (April 8th 2009, April 18th 2010)'

'June 2011- 2 pairs of swallows nesting in the stables'

'Aug 10th - on the walk to the church a field full of butterflies - Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns, Small Skippers and Silver Studded Blues'

'Aug - kingfisher on the canal and fledgingly green woodpeckers in the garden'

'Aug - we took part in the Big Butterfly Count'

Aug - lots of buzzards being mobbed by crows, bats flying, a fox in the lane, heron flying  & a Red Kite'