Pear trees are blossoming now – a beautiful sight. Here’s a project for you to try once the fruit has set. You will need: Glass bottles. If you are using big pears like Doyenné du Comice, you will need a full-bellied bottle. Narrower varieties such as Williams’ Bon Chrétien will fit in an ordinary clear-glass wine […]
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The CHAS is doing a project with the London Wildlife Trusts Gunnersbury Triangle reserve to demonstrate how you can garden for pollinators in a very small space. We’re providing plants for two planters which will be installed at the entrance to the reserve in May. Fran Goloway & I have been hard at work researching
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Friday 11 was our last morning at Gunnersbury Triangle. Still no shrews or voles, sadly but many wood mice – over the 5 days, 42 were captured & marked and 4 escaped before marking. Many of the 14 wood mice on our last day were returners but we had 5 new arrivals and one frequent flyer
Vole Patrol 5 – out with the old, in with the new Read More »
How can you tell if a wood mouse visits a trap more than once? In my previous post, I referred a bit cryptically to clipping fur for identification purposes. You may be wondering how that works. Well here goes. We divide the mouse’s back into 6 areas: left and right at shoulder, middle and rear.
Vole Patrol 4 – how can you tell if a wood mouse visits a trap more than once? Read More »
And so Monday morning dawns – the first night that our traps have been catching any visitors. We gather at 0630, a little blurry eyed and slightly feeling the cold, to see who had been tempted in by the snacks & warm bed. Huma, our project leader, was full of energy & enthusiasm – impressive given that
Vole Patrol 3 – who’s been sleeping in our traps? Read More »
