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 […]
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8 of us gathered at Gunnersbury Triangle on 3 March for the next phase of our Vole Patrol experience. It was a beautiful sunny day, and we were serenaded as we worked by robins, wrens & a song thrush. This time, we were placing 32 small traps on the reserve to see what went in
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I joined the Vole Patrol last week. “What’s the Vole Patrol?”, I hear you ask (I have very good hearing). It’s a research project set up by the London Wildlife Trust (with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund) on 9 sites in west London. One of these is Gunnersbury Triangle, the London Wildlife Trust reserve on Bollo Lane in
A thud as something hit our first floor back window. What was it? We go out to look and find a dazed goldfinch motionless on the ground. What to do? A quick google revealed the following advice from the Humane Society: Gently cover and catch the bird with a towel and place her in
It’s been quite a good year for wildlife in our part of Chiswick. The neighbours on one side had nesting robins and goldfinches; on the other side, a blackbird’s nest in wisteria which could be seen from the French windows – it was delightful to watch the chicks growing up and then fledging. The female
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