This week I found myself awake at 4.30 in the morning so thought I would open the windows and catch the dawn chorus. This is the time when the birds are most active singing before the days feeding and raising families. Blackbirds make up a serious part of the early chorus but there were song … More Spring clean.
As my fathers day treat I got some mindfullness time alone with a camera. First was time to try out the new birdhide ably constructed at the last volunteer weekend by David, Paul and Anne. Beckhithe was very damp and a bit grey but there was soon a splash of colour with a Jay visiting … More Fathers Day wild highlights
It’s the 2nd April 2021 – and after a year of virtual lockdown for 12 months it is good to see nature only affected in a positive way! Having seen the awful litter problems faced in some parks, it is great to be able to say the problem has not been repeated here. THANKS to […] … More April 2nd – LBCP waking up for Springtime — Ladybelt Country Park Wildlife
With the last of the winter visitors like the redwing pictured below) quietly slipping away north east to their summer breeding grounds and the first bumblebees hoovering up the early nectar bearing flowers and blossom Spring is definitely here. Anyone walking around the field at Cedar Grange will be able to tell its spring by … More Spring highlights
The ponds have never been fuller; the paths have never been wetter and the wildlife has never been so difficult to find! However – seek and you WILL find! To date: there have been over 35 bird species recorded in 2021 on LBCP. I am sure they maybe more but the statistics are taken from […] … More Some news from our neighbours: Wildlife update — Ladybelt Country Park
This weekend is Big Garden Birdwatch weekend and many locals will be spending an hour taking part in this amazing piece of citizen science organised by the RSPB (click here for the link). It is always worth spending time just to stop and stare and start to actually see what is going on in the … More Time for Big Garden Birdwatch
In between the autumnal showers this week came wave after wave of winter migrants high over the village. At this time of year both day and night skies are often full of winter migrants. The seasonal visitors this morning and overnight were redwings recent returnees from Russia and the Balkan states where they breed. They … More Autumn visitors
Autumn is very apparent now in the trees with their browning leaves, the lack of housemartins chittering in the sky above the village. The cedar grange seed crop brings more than a summer hint as the sunflowers are blooming. last weekend saw the first of two work parties at Beckhithe heading down to the meadow … More Autumn Work
As we move through summer and the numbers of screaming swifts and chuckling house martins swell above the village, as family groups get ready to head south many of our other garden birds are strangely absent. Adult birds are now moulting their post breeding feathers and tend to be quiet and hide out of the … More Sneak peeks
Lock-down has brought more people in touch with nature in a variety of ways and one of these that has become more common is moth trapping. For many moths are little brown things that eat your clothes but the reality is very different. It turns out that moths are one of the most important pollinators … More Well Spotted II. Moths of Hethersett
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