So far this spring, Nicola Devine has photographed six varieties of odonata on the Trap Grounds. DAMSELFLIES: the Large Red, the Blue-Tailed, the Azure, and a rare female blue form of the Azure. DRAGONFLIES: the Hairy, the Broad-Bodied Chaser, and the Downy Emerald. Her photo of the Downy Emerald (see below) is the first-ever record […]
Nicola Devine’s intimate portrait of a Chiffchaff, encountered in the woodland on 9 April.
Or the same one that Nicola Devine photographed on 10 March, this time caught on camera in a different area of the Trap Grounds on 15 April.
Ben Atwell (aged 10) got this close up to a hungry Heron in the Trap Grounds on 22 March.
THE FIRST-EVER PHOTO OF A WEASEL ON THE TRAP GROUNDS Nicola Devine’s extraordinary photo confirms the long-suspected presence of at least one Weasel on the Trap Grounds.
Caught on Nicola’s camera: a magnificent Sparrowhawk, just minutes after mating in a tall tree on the Trap Grounds.
Nicola photographed this grisly-looking (and poisonous) False Morel (Gyromitra esculenta) on 20 March.
Lots of frogs spawning at Frog Lane!
Kingfishers are making a welcome return to the TG, after what seems like a long absence. A pair have been seen on several occasions in the past ten days. And three at once on one occasion.
Our resident birds are sprucing themselves up, ready for mating.