A round up of the past fortnight

Hello! Since I wrote last blog post I did, I have done a lot of small wildlife things that are slightly too insufficient to do a blog post on them. So, here is A round up of the past fortnight (or so):

I have bought a new scope that I have used at Warnham LNR and Titchfield NNR. It is great for the garden feeders, they have a great focal range.

The siskins are back! And, as last year, earlier than they should be! They will stay with us for the next six months until early spring, when they go off and breed.

I have been the many nature places, including:

Pulborough Brooks
Grattons LNR
Warnham LNR
Buchan Country park
Tilgate park
Sheffield park
Petworth park

And that is about it! I hope I do a lot by this time next week. See you then!

Just a very very quick post on foxes

A fox den?

At 6:00 this morning my mum and I went to Grattons LNR. I was taking videos of the morning, (I may show these later today), and after the battery ran out, my mum spotted a red face. It was a fox! I was surprised, as foxes generally come out when it is dark, not at 9:45 in the morning. I managed to find something that looks like a fox den, and I saw something flinch inside it. Could this be the home to the fox?

I hope to find out soon...

Spain, sun and mountains...

Well, It has been a very eventful last week. I have been in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada on a family holiday. I have seen my first swallowtail butterfly, bee eater, eagles and much more! here is an incomplete list of the species I saw:

Ants - (not sure what species,) queen too!
Bee eater
Black kite?
Booted eagle
Cockroach
Gecko - not sure which
Goldfinch
Large Psammodromus (sand lizard)
Sardinian Warbler Red Admiral
Scarce Swallowtail
Swallow
Swallowtail
Swift

I may add some more later.

I was very lucky to see the bee eater, it was the last bird I saw. I had a mental bucket list and the bee eater was included. I saw it on the drive down the mountain, a species that I very nearly missed!

Here is my best photo of the swallowtail:

Wow! what a holiday it has been! I hope to return to sunny Spain soon.

Just a quick post...

The last post I did, (see here or scroll down), I said "I found a shoe with something special in it". Now that I have talked to one of the people who help manage the reserve, I can safely say it was a signal crayfish, an American invasive. Alas, I can't do anything about it, but just keep an eye on the population and destroy any that I find.

I am sorry it was a short post, but I am going to Spain for the first time tomorrow so I am sure I can do plenty then. Adiós!