Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Jevington Plantation

The most satisfying Song Thrush anvil I have seen. Garden and Brown-lippped Snails are on the menu!


 These woodchips were on the ground under a newly excavated Greater Spotted Woodpecker nest. A first for me.

Monday, 20 April 2026

Beachy Head


Leaf and shoots of Black Byrony

Chalk Milkwort

Horseshoe Vetch

Whitetop

Also saw my first Swallows.
 

Sunday, 19 April 2026

Shinewater

Small White

Grey Squirrel

Osprey being mobbed by a Carrion Crow.

Alder Fly

 

Saturday, 18 April 2026

Abbot's Wood






There appears to be a yellow predatory wasp, closing in on one of the moths.





Green Longhorn Moths, leking behaviour.

Poor photo of a Treecreeper


Wood Ants

Speckled Yellow Moth

A shoal of Toad Tadpoles

Cormorant
 








Some of the best Bluebells I have seen for decades!



Bush Vetch, with attendant Wood Ants


Nightingale, with Garden Warbler. 

Zebra Jumping Spider, Hill Road


 

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Grey Squirrels, Jevington Plantation

 This year the Squirrels seem to have taken a liking for the Beech Tree leaf buds. The ground under some trees is covered with their leftovers.




Poor photo of a Bumblebee prospecting for a nest site.