The screaming of swifts is a sound that says summer is coming. They usually arrive at the beginning of May, and I start listening out for them eagerly. It’s a magical sound. They were a little late this year, due to an over-abundance of winds from the North in May, but they are here in […]
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We saw plenty of fascinating wildlife on our Greek trip, but animals are rather trickier to photograph than flowers. The criterion for being photographed was simple – the creature simply had to sit still long enough for us to get the camera out & focus! Many interesting creatures aren’t included here for that reason: the many scarce swallowtail butterflies
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
CHAS pollinator-friendly planters for Gunnersbury Triangle Read More »
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 »
