Easter 2012

After an exceptionally warm and dry March, grey clouds arrived in time for the Easter weekend. On Easter Sunday, a Peregrine flew just above tree-height over Coombe Lane. Blackcaps seemed to be singing from every corner, and a single Willow Warblerwas in song. On Easter Monday, a brief walk in the drizzle along the farm [...]

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Awbridge bird update, Summer 2010

An update from the ‘Green Man’ Bryan Raines: “A nightingale could be heard singing for the first time in the millennium woodland next to Awbridge village hall from april 28th through may till early june during which time garden warbler, chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackcap, whitethroat and lesser whitethroat were all abundant. “2 lapwing also nested [...]

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