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Oct 24, 20222 min read

National Mammal Week

This week is national mammal week. Mammals in the UK are one of the most under-recorded groups of animals due to their secretive nature...

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Oct 22, 20221 min read

Recent sightings

The weather is a bit changeable at the moment but there is plenty to see if you can find a break in the showers to get out this autumn....

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Feb 23, 20224 min read

Weekly wildlife notes 7th -20th February 2022

The walk to Love’s Copse is lovely at any time of the year with lovely views of the village and surrounds as well as a variety of woods...

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Feb 10, 20223 min read

Weekly Wildlife Notes 31st Jan - 6th Feb 2022

This week the longer days have continued to produce more bird song around the village and wider parish. The bird walkers braved the...

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Jan 31, 20222 min read

Weekly Wildlife Notes 24th - 30th January 2022

It may seem a distant memory now but this New Year’s Day was the warmest on record and a couple of days later on 3rd January we were...

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Jan 25, 20222 min read

Weekly wildlife notes 17th – 23rd January 2022

If you’ve wrapped up warm and been on a winter walk recently, passing through woodland or along a hedgerow, at some point along the way...

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Jan 19, 20223 min read

Weekly Wildlife Notes: 10-16th January 2022

Blackcaps are a small brown warbler with a well-defined cap – black in the male and chestnut in the female. They are not tremendously...

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Dec 26, 20212 min read

Weekly Wildlife notes: 20-26th December

Robins are a common sight in the garden and are a faithful companion at the allotment but here are five facts that you might not know...

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Dec 19, 20212 min read

Weekly Wildlife Notes: 13-19th December

Although the weather is cold and foggy there are still some incredible moths out on the wing. The most striking of these is the December...

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Dec 12, 20212 min read

Weekly round ups 6th-12th December 2021

This weekend we joined up with Wiltshire Mammal Group to undertake a Harvest mouse survey on the byway from the B4192 up to Sugar Hill....

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Dec 5, 20211 min read

Weekly Wildlife Notes

If you can brave the brisk North wind the rewards for a walk to Four Barrows have been rich this week. The sheer number of birds feeding...

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Nov 28, 20211 min read

Weekly wildlife notes

The cold weather this week has brought birds from the fields into the garden so if you have not already then make sure you get out and...

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Oct 11, 20211 min read

Sparrowhawk surprise

We just had to share this amazing video of a male sparrowhawk feeding on a woodpigeon on The Garlings last Friday sent in by Jenny...

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Sep 11, 20211 min read

Have you any House Martins?

Thanks to everyone who has sent in their House Martin nest locations we have manged to log 28 active nests within the Aldbourne Parish. ...

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Sep 6, 20211 min read

Elephant Hawkmoth Caterpillars

Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillars are showing well around the village this week with multiple reports - including several together and a...

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Aug 9, 20211 min read

Swifts, swallows and house martins nesting survey

While we relax enjoying the summer holidays, high above our heads screaming swifts, trilling house martins and whistling swallows are...

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Jul 5, 20211 min read

Elephants in the Churchyard

Last Saturday night we ran our monthly moth catch in St Michael's churchyard using a Robinson Moth trap. Despite it being a little soggy...

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Jun 20, 20212 min read

Marvellous Moths

The warm weather we've enjoyed over the last few weeks has led to the long-awaited and overdue explosion of many species of moths taking...

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Jun 20, 20212 min read

Churchyard Bats

Bats, the only mammals capable of active flight, are an extremely successful and varied group of animals and occupy a wide range of...

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May 21, 20212 min read

Brilliant Bees

Yesterday was World Bee Day so I thought it right that we pause for a moment to celebrate the brilliant bees in and around the village....

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