Recent Sighting

Ring ouzel (1st winter) Click for photo, mistle thrush, fieldfare,redwing, blackbird, 20+ brambling, chaffinch, lesser redpoll, a few stonechat and Dartford warbler, 400-ish wood pigeon heading south

Cluster of fenugreek stalkball Phleogena faginea , a tiny basidiomycete fungus growing on tree bark   Click for photo

Ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri on birdfeeder    Click for photo    

Hibernating brown long-eared bat found beneath ridge tile during repair works. Taken into temporary care. (A second brought in on 17th, then both released)   Click for photo

Male common darter

Common darter

Male blackcap

Heavily pregnant Soprano Pipistrelle bat trapped in building taken into care. Released after rehydration and a good feed.

At least 5 plump-looking Greater Horseshoe bats now in residence in maternity roost

Common and Soprano Pipistrelle bats