This weekend we held our last Dragonfly and Butterfly survey of the year. The fact that it was also one of the hottest days meant we did not linger as long and only walked the morning transect around the Meadow Trail. There were countless white butterflies flying around, which led to more than a few… Read More

My last blog seemed to be all about rain. My blog this time last year was all about how dry the reserve was and what would the caterpillars eat. Well, the brown argus, in particular, must have found something. I had a walk up the Heronry trail last week on a hot sunny day and… Read More

The rain may be causing interruption to some of our wildlife surveys. Fortunately, the wildlife is still there. The trail cameras are showing up Roe deer on the actual reserve, which, in recent history, is new. And talking to someone who walks the back footpath to the QE11 playing fields, they have seen a young… Read More

If you see a 4inch animal with protruding eyes and a long tail scurrying along, what do you think you are seeing? You would probably say a mouse. Most likely a Wood mouse. However, it could be a Yellow necked mouse. Both are useful to man, as they eat harmful insects, and many trees and… Read More

Now Mayflies are an interesting species.  They can be found in literature from Aristotle’s time. I think of them dancing in the balmy May air (somehow this May isn’t so balmy!). They have done so since time immemorial, as they belong to the same group of insects-Palaeoptera- as dragonflies and damselflies. Although, they can emerge… Read More