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- More garden foxes March 16, 2023
- A garden fox, January 2023 January 29, 2023
- An emerging damselfly April 21, 2022
- Red-flanked bluetail, Flamborough, November 2021 November 15, 2021
- Moth trapping, August 2021 September 15, 2021
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More garden foxes
After posting in January about our first fox sighting after ten years, we have had much more subsequent footage captured.
A garden fox, January 2023
We had a rare capture on the garden trail cam the other day, a healthy and handsome fox…
Posted in Mammals, New Earswick, Why watch wildlife?
Tagged fox, garden, new earswick, trail cam, video, york
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An emerging damselfly
When I put my pond in two years ago, one of my big hopes was I’d see a dragonfly or damselfly emerge and leave as an adult…
Posted in dragonflies, Ethology, Invertebrates
Tagged damselfly, dragonfly, emergence, exuvia, large red damselfly, larva, pong, Wildlife Pond
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Red-flanked bluetail, Flamborough, November 2021
Last week I had to be over in Flamborough for a meeting. I’d seen that there was a rare migrant bird in the area though, and decided to combine work and pleasure…
Posted in Birds
Tagged birds, bluetail, flamborough, red flanked bluetail, south landing
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Moth trapping, August 2021
Over the August bank holiday I had the moth trap out to see if there was much of interest. There was nothing remarkable in there, but decent numbers of what there was.
Wheldrake Ings, August 2021
Wheldrake Ings is one of my favourite nature reserves, but it feels like ages since I’ve just been and walked it for pleasure. At the back end of August I had a reason to be out for a quiet walk, … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, conservation, dragonflies, fish, Invertebrates, Mammals, Plants, Yorkshire
Tagged egret, godwit, jack pike, kingfisher, lapwing, pike, rudd, sandpiper, snipe, teal, wheldrake, Wheldrake Ings
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Despite my duel interests in both nature and culture, I’ve never made it to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. That finally changed, and it was a really interesting day. Not that much of the visit is that relevant to this blog, but … Continue reading
Albatross! Albatross! Albatross!
The past couple of years, there has been a black-browed albatross that has shown up at Flamborough Head, specifically at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. So far, I’ve failed to see it. But fate works in funny ways…
Posted in Birds
Tagged albatross, bempton, black browed albatross, flamborough, gannet, rspb, yorkshire
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Spurn Point, August 2021
I’ve had to be at Spurn quite a bit through August for various work-related things. But it’s never a chore. It’s been interesting visiting in the height of summer, when usually I would only be there in Spring and Autumn … Continue reading
Posted in Art and culture, butterflies, Geology, Mammals, Yorkshire
Tagged coastal erosion, fox, green hairstreak, hairstreak, longshore drift, natural, process, sculpture, spurn
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