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Diary & Latest WILDLIFE Sightings

A diary of Garden Wildlife Sightings and Out And About Wildlife Sightings sighted mainly in North Somerset.

More information about these sightings can be found by using the appropriate Garden Wildlife Sightings or Out And About Wildlife Sightings links.

The information includes images, how often seen, when last seen, notes and where seen in the case of Out And About Wildlife Sightings.

Wildlife seen daily may no-longer be reported in the Diary.

 

 

JANUARY 2024

 

Drier but still little incentive to venture out of the house and garden.

 

Was planning a visit to Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve this month but given the car parking situation didn't bother. What are the Somerset Wildlife Trust doing ?????

Its time they stopped empire building, put their chainsaws way and started creating a habitat for wildlife.

 

Diary Entry January 24 Weather 7.7C Min, 11.4C Max. Mainly sunny with cloudy periods, winds from the West,South West averaging 6.0MPH and gusting to 21.6 Max with no rain.

 

Grass cut for the first time this year.

 

 

Diary Entry January 23 Weather 6.8C Min, 13.6C Max. Cloudy, winds from the South West averaging 7.5MPH and gusting to 20.8 Max with rain.

 

Snowdrops in flower.

 

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Diary Entry January 08 Weather 1.7C Min, 4.4C Max. Mainly cloudy, winds from the North, North East averaging 6.1 MPH and gusting to 25.5 Max with snow showers.

 

Pair of Dunnock and Robin seen regularly visiting the garden.

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Diary Entry January 01 Weather 7.6C Min, 12.C Max. Mainly cloudy with sunny intervals, winds from the South West averaging 6.1 MPH and gusting to 25.5 Max with rain showers.

Finished pruning and lopping the garden Apple tree in preparation for this years apple crop.

 

Mallards already pairing up and trying to establish nesting territories despite my attempts to prevent them from using my garden pond when the Land Yeo River is just over the fence.

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DECEMBER 2023

 

The wettest month of the year providing little incentive to venture out of the house and garden.

 

Diary Entry December 25 Weather 10.0C Min, 12.1C Max. Cloudy, winds from the West, South West averaging 3.5 MPH and gusting to 15.6 Max with rain.

 

A soggy Christmas visit to Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve and the Hawk and Owl Trust and Canada Farm Lake on the Somerset Levels with a Christmas picnic lunch in the Barbara Hanley Hide.

Birds Sighted: Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Raven, Robin, Starling, Wood Pigeon and Wren.

 

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Diary Entry December 18 Weather 10.0C Min, 13.5C Max. Cloudy, winds from the South West averaging 3.6 MPH and gusting to 14.7 Max with rain showers.

 

Started pruning and lopping the apple tree between rain showers.

 

 

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NOVEMBER 2023

 

 

Diary Entry November 25 Weather -1.0C Min, 7.1C Max. Sunny, winds from the West, South West averaging 0.2 MPH and gusting to 6.0 Max with no rain.

 

Drew the patio door curtains to find the garden was covered by the first frost of the season.

 

 

Diary Entry November 23 Weather 11.9C Min, 13.2C Max. Mainly cloudy with sunny periods, winds from the West, South West averaging 5.2 MPH and gusting to 19.4 Max with no rain.

 

A Blackcap seen trying to snatch a dip in the bird bath which was being hogged by a group of Blackbirds.

 

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Diary Entry November 19 Weather 10.8C Min, 14.3C Max. Mainly cloudy, winds from the South West averaging 8.7 MPH and gusting to 20.5 Max with rain showers.

 

A Pheasant seen in the garden being stalked by a neighbours cat.

 

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Diary Entry November 13 Weather 11.6C Min, 15.0C Max. Mainly cloudy with sunny periods, winds from the South West averaging 7.8 MPH and gusting to 27.7 Max with rain showers.

 

A rare sighting of a Goldcrest seen in the garden.

 

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Diary Entry November 05 Weather 9.1C Min, 14.2C Max. Mainly cloudy with sunny periods, winds from the West averaging 5.5 MPH and gusting to 17.8 Max with rain showers.

 

A late appearance of a Speckled Wood butterfly in the garden.

 

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OCTOBER 2023

 

 

Diary Entry October 10 Weather 7.7C Min, 12.8C Max. Mainly sunny with cloudy periods, winds from the West, South West averaging 3.6 MPH and gusting to 15.2 Max with rain showers.

 

A Speckled Wood and Red Admiral butterfly seen in the garden and a Grey Wagtail makes another visit to the garden pond between the showers.

 

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Diary Entry October 08 Weather 7.5C Min, 13.7C Max. Mainly cloudy, winds from the South averaging 4.0 MPH and gusting to 25.7 Max with rain showers.

 

A late appearance of a Common Darter dragonfly seen loitering around the garden pond and later Bats seen feeding on the insects that the pond attracts.

 

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Diary Entry October 01 Weather 10.0C Min, 15.0C Max. Mainly cloudy with sunny periods, winds from the South averaging 5.3 MPH and gusting to 25.5 Max with rain showers.

 

A Grey Wagtail returns to the garden pond.

 

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