Sunday, 27 March 2016
Saturday, 26 March 2016
Wildlife Trust Local Group talk - Wednesday 30th March
This month's Cambridge Wildlife Trust Local Group talk will take
place next week on Wednesday the 30th of March at 7.30pm.
The session is by Guy Belcher, the Cambridge City Council Biodiversity Officer, who will talk about Cambridge Local Nature Reserves and the ecological pressures and opportunities that growth is bringing to the City.
For more information, see:
http://www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2016/03/30/cambridge-local-nature-reserves?instance=0
As usual, the talk will take place at St John the Evangelist Church Hall on Hills Road.
Entrance is £2.50
The session is by Guy Belcher, the Cambridge City Council Biodiversity Officer, who will talk about Cambridge Local Nature Reserves and the ecological pressures and opportunities that growth is bringing to the City.
For more information, see:
http://www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2016/03/30/cambridge-local-nature-reserves?instance=0
As usual, the talk will take place at St John the Evangelist Church Hall on Hills Road.
Entrance is £2.50
Friday, 25 March 2016
Great Crested Grebes on Granta Park Lake
David F took these pictures of the grebes on GP lake on Good Friday morning, 25th March.
Monday, 21 March 2016
Moorhen in West Field!
Peter Dawson had a visit from a Moorhen nearly every day this week (mid March). It spends quite a lot
of time under the seed feeders but runs away when he tries to get a photo from the
kitchen window... eventually he managed to get these:
On one occasion there were also a Jay, Goldfinch and Long Tailed Tits.
Monday, 14 March 2016
Visit to RSPB Ouse Washes – 12.3.2016
Derek reports that seven members were able to take part. They had a very good morning, as can be seen from the (alphabetical) list of species below:
Blackheaded Gull
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Blue Tit
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Brambling
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Carrion Crow
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Chaffinch
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Collared Dove
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Coot
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Cormorant
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Dunnock
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Gadwall
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Goldfinch
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Great Crested Grebe
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Great Spotted Woodpecker (H)
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Great Tit
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House Sparrow
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Kestrel
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Lesser Redpoll
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Little Egret
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Longtailed Tit
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Mallard
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Marsh Harrier
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Moorhen
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Mute Swan
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Pheasant
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Pied Wagtail
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Pintail
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Pochard
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Redwing
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Reed Bunting
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Robin
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Song Thrush
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Starling
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Teal
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Tree Sparrow
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Tufted Duck
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Wigeon
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Woodcock
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Woodpigeon
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Wren
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(H) indicates that it was heard only
It was good to see Tree Sparrow, Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting and Brambling from the Visitor Centre and a variety of waterfowl from the hides overlooking the flood plain.
David took some photos of the scenery!
It was good to see Tree Sparrow, Lesser Redpoll, Reed Bunting and Brambling from the Visitor Centre and a variety of waterfowl from the hides overlooking the flood plain.
David took some photos of the scenery!
| Tree Sparrows were in abundance around the Visitor Centre and Andy took a picture or two! |
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| Tree Sparrows |
Jennifer took photos of water fowl:
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| Black headed Gull [winter plumage - just a dark spot behind eye] |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Pair of Mallard |
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| Wigeon |
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| Pair of Tufted Duck |
and Andy took this one:
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| Male Teal |
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Great Spotted Woodpecker and Goldfinch on High Street
Jennifer took these photos of a Woodpecker and a Goldfinch in her garden.
The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a male - note the red spot on back of his head.
The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a male - note the red spot on back of his head.
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Goldfinch |
Saturday, 5 March 2016
Ladybirds near the Cricket Ground
While clearing scrub, brambles and rubbish on the river bank, we found several native ladybirds:
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