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Saturday 12 June

As we head towards midsummer, Le Grand Pré Nature Reserve is looking very different. The pond is only just visible through Slender Thistle and Meadow Buttercup. Birds are quite secretive as they are in full breeding mode and together with the flourishing vegetation they can be difficult to see. This is the time of yearContinue reading “Saturday 12 June”

Saturday 5 June Jethou

For one day every year, La Société Guernesiaise may organise trips over to the privately-owned island of Jethou. Yesterday I made my second ever trip, helping to lead two of the groups for ornithology and natural history, with Trevor Bourgaize. It is one of the smallest islands in the Bailiwick , a green gem risingContinue reading “Saturday 5 June Jethou”

Tuesday, 1 June

The good news is that last night was the best moth night so far this year. On previous nights, the number of species had just about crept into double figures. This morning, I had 29, 7 were new to the garden and 14 were new for the year which was quite a haul. The badContinue reading “Tuesday, 1 June”