Like the Black-backed Meadow Ants, I feel that winter is finally over. It’s been a long time since my last blog. The ants are busy doing housework, I’m busy checking their nests and enjoying the sight of nature waking up. I walked from Pleinmont to Le Long Cavaleux this morning and the spring flowers areContinue reading “Out of hibernation, Saturday 1st April”
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Sunday 30th October, Plovers
October is a good time to catch with with two members of the plover family in Guernsey as they come to our shores to overwinter after breeding further north. The Grey Plovers are on Autumn migration and a small group can usually be found at Les Fontenelles bay, near Fort Doyle. They are attracted toContinue reading “Sunday 30th October, Plovers”
Sunday, 25th September, early evening at Grand Havre
The wind dropped and the sun was low in the sky. All was quiet at the Vale Pond – lovely to see three Greenshank but they were all a good distance away – so I walked along Grand Havre to see if anything was around. Not surprisingly, the first encounter was two Stonechats: a youngContinue reading “Sunday, 25th September, early evening at Grand Havre”
Natural history of the Bailiwick of Guernsey 