Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Roe Deer @ Ceri Ridgeway
A pair of Roe Deer were seen in a clearing in the Ceri Forest (SO181868) this evening as the sun was setting beyond the hills.
Monday, 11 April 2011
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Best mammaling day ever!
Ran a woodland mammal workshop today for Dyfi Woodlands, near Machynlleth. I set six longworth small mammal traps last night and was delighted to catch four Wood Mice; two male, two female. One of the participants then set one trap and barely two hours later, a male Bank Vole was captured!
We then looked for nibbled nuts and several people discovered a remarkable number which had been nibbled by dormice!!
But the real icing on the cake was saved 'til last! A search along the stream revealed two otter spraints and whilst we were admiring one, we spotted an otter making his way towards us!!! Despite being upwind and talking loudly, he didn't notice us until the last minute, probably because the noise of the stream here was considerable. A really special moment which none of us will ever forget!
On arriving home, I persuaded the other half to go for a walk and on the way back I spotted a Stoat!
What a lucky day!
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Polecats......
I don't know whether it's coincidence or whether there's a reason for it, but I have seen 2 fresh road kills of Polecat in 3 days, 1 at Berriew on Friday and the other in Tregynon today. 2 other road casualties of Polecat in the county have been mentioned to me this week as well. Coincidence, or can someone help?
Otters at Cors Dyfi
Two otters seen swimming in the lower pool at around 9.45 this morning, after a short wait one came out on to the boardwalk.Images by Maria Wagland.
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Noctule Bat @ Pwll Penarth
At least 2 possibly more seen hunting over the reserve at 18:20 today, other bats were seen on the way back to Aberbechan, some of them were definitely Pipistrelle but there were some others which were a little bigger that I couldn't identify!
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