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MAY 2025 NATURE NOTES
Twelve tufted duck on Tonford Lake on 10th were my only records of what is essentially a winter visitor to Hambrook, and the pair of great crested grebes…
MARCH 2025 NATURE NOTES
The seasonal dial continues to shift, albeit jerkily, from winter into spring, and our snipe count declined from 21 on 10th to none on 31st as birds dispersed…
MARCH NATURE NOTES
Hanging on to the coat tails of winter, 12 tufted duck were still bobbing on Tonford Lake on the 28th, and on the same day a single meadow…
FEBRUARY NATURE NOTES
After something of a hiatus in bird activity, February saw rather more of interest: partial flooding of the marsh at times through the month led to as many…
JANUARY NATURE NOTES
The good news is that a pair of stonechats have returned to the Marshes and are now present in Tonford Field. My thanks to Stephen Brooks for alerting…
DECEMBER NATURE NOTES
With much of the floodwater having drained away, far less use was made of the Marshes by birds, with just four black-headed gulls and 15 mallard on the…
NOVEMBER NATURE NOTES
Highlight of the month was the appearance of a single great white egret on Tonford Lake, adjoining Hambrook. First reported by a riverside resident on 12th, and present…
OCTOBER NATURE NOTES
Winter’s wizened fingers crept along the ditches and fencelines, marked by the occasional ground frost, mist droplets sparkling on cobwebs, the first skylarks flying over as they fled…
SEPTEMBER NATURE NOTES
The mute swan family of two solicitous parents and seven young went missing for much of the month, but all nine stately birds eventually reappeared safely. The parakeet…
AUGUST NATURE NOTES
No swifts have been seen over Hambrook this summer, and they are already heading back to Africa, so it looks as if this is going to be the…
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