Posts By: goodenbergh

Early walk down to the pond to see the Ducklings, as i approached the corner near reception i heard the call of the Gold Crest, good job i had the camera.

Just close to the hide is a huge field covered with buttercups and i could hear the Lapwing calling so i waited and one flew past very low.

Sat in the grass on a lovely sunny evening when the Curlew flew past but spotted me at the last minute.

This year has been very quiet on the Owl front, not heard as many as we did last year. Went out this morning and heard the Blackbird going crazy so said to Ruth that’s an Owl. On further investigation i looked up and looking down at me was the first Juvenile Tawny Owl this year…. Read more »

When i went to the hide i checked the sighting board only to find that a Redstart had been seen at the Hide the week before. I sat there for 20 mins and to my left in the trees i saw my first Male Redstart sitting watching me but i soon as i looked at… Read more »

<meta http-equiv=”X-Frame-Options” content=”DENY” /> Well folks we are back and after a long break we got stuck into the garden then late this afternoon i went down to the Hide. on the way there i came across this nice Brown Hare sitting in the field near to the hide. it was a fare distance but… Read more »

On arriving back from holiday i had to see if the Mallard Ducklings had left, great news as when i got to the pond 7 big Ducklings came hobbling out the reeds to greet me, or for food that i had in a bag. When i was feeding them i noticed that one had a… Read more »

First sighting of the Chiff Chaff was recorded down at the hide on Wednesday 18 May. It sat in the Conifer and had a good sing song before flying off. They don’t stay in one place for a long time so i was happy to get a couple of pictures of it.

Changed the Hide set up and got a few pictures of the Jay in Flight.

Well it finally happened I went down to the Hide on Friday last week to find the remains of a bird next to the hide extension, so I decided to set the trail camera up to see what was eating he bird. Later on Friday I went down to do some photography only to find… Read more »

We are down to seven ducklings who are growing fast and learning all the tricks of the trade. I feed them a mixture of bird food twice a day and they seem to love it. There funny to watch and I just wish that I could be around when they fledge, but I am away… Read more »

Good news on the Mallard Ducklings, after 5 weeks it now looks like we are going to have 7 Ducklings. There feeding well and getting bigger by the day, so it wont be long before they fledge. I would love to see the first flight but the timing would have to be spot on to… Read more »

For two weeks now we have had a Racing Pigeon down at the Hide, it arrived in good health and i thought it just needed a rest then it would be off on its travels. Just yesterday i noticed that it had dropped one of its wings so its not looking good for the future…. Read more »

With the weather being good and the light great, with Blue skies i thought i would try my hand at capturing the Swallow in flight. The speed they fly at is fast and to lock onto one is very difficult. i got in position and fired a couple of shots off, but i was not… Read more »

First sightings of hedgehog at the van, feeding on bird seed through the day and night.