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Arne

Posted on28 August 201928 August 20191 Comment

A young Common Lizard sunbathing close to the information hut/visitor centre at the RSPB’s Arne nature reserve. On a warm sunny afternoon in late August few other places I’d rather be than wandering through the lowland heath that lies adjacent to the millionaires playground of Read More …

CategoriesFlora, Insects, Natural History, ReptilesTagsArne, Common Lizard, Dodder, Raft Spider, Wasp Spider

Spiders from Arne

Posted on4 January 2018Leave a comment

Time for a bit more catching up from September and a visit to Arne. The small, peat stained pools dotted around the heath appear to contain a stable population of Raft Spiders. The way the spiders use the hairs on their front legs to feel Read More …

CategoriesInsectsTagsArne, Coombe Heath, Garden Cross Spider, Raft Spider, Wasp Spider

Fox News

Posted on22 December 201722 December 2017Leave a comment

A few more from September’s trip down south. Always great to watch Foxes enjoying the early evening sunshine. The ones back home are far more wary and rarely seen until after dark.This particular family are based on a farm and used to people passing by. Read More …

CategoriesMammalsTagsArne, Dorset, Fox, Purbeck, Red Fox, Sika, Sika Deer

We’ll be back

Posted on17 August 201717 August 2017Leave a comment

  Can you see me – a superb male Sand Lizard at Shipstal Point, Arne. The cryptic colouring is surprisingly effective especially amongst the heather growth that dominates the Arne peninsula. Probably just as well with the dissection of Kestrel pellets proving the local Kestrels Read More …

CategoriesBirds, Mammals, ReptilesTagsArne, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, Sand Lizard, Shipstal Point, Sika Deer

Nightjars and Parasites

Posted on21 June 201321 June 2013Leave a comment

  Arne at dusk. A superb area for watching and listening to the amazing Nightjar. Unfortunately despite there being at least 3 birds flying around hawking for moths, churring and wing clapping it was just too dark to attempt a photograph. A real highlight of Read More …

CategoriesBirds, Flora, LandscapesTagsArne, Dodder, June, Nightjar

Sika

Posted on31 October 201231 October 2012Leave a comment

Sika Stag at the RSPB’s nature reserve on the Arne peninsula in Dorset. Stag and one of this year’s fawns. Despite arriving at one of the rutting sites before dawn this year the rutting season appeared to be starting later than usual. What an amazingly Read More …

CategoriesLandscapes, MammalsTagsArne, Sika Deer

Early Autumn Fungi – Part 1

Posted on10 November 201110 November 2011Leave a comment

It looks like being a good year for fungi especially down south. Within the local area most of the Mersey valley around Manchester has been used for gravel extraction, sewage farms and refuse tips. Whilst the tree and grass cover give a good impression of Read More …

CategoriesFungiTagsArne, Dye Polypore, Fly Agaric, Fungi, Kilwood Nature Reserve, Puffball

Sand Lizards

Posted on20 October 201120 October 20112 Comments

Restricted to the Dorset Heathlands, parts of Surrey and closer to the home the sand-dunes of Formby, the Sand Lizard is the rarest of the UK’s native lizards. Fortunately they’re relatively common at the RSPB’s nature reserve at Arne. Apparently the resident Kestrels successfully raise Read More …

CategoriesReptilesTagsArne, Sand Lizard

Sika

Posted on13 October 201113 October 2011Leave a comment

Originally introduced to Brownsea Island in the centre of Poole Harbour during the1860’s for some unknown reason it didn’t occur to anybody that most types of Deer are actually quite good at swimming. Sika are no different and faced with a choice just a few Read More …

CategoriesMammalsTagsArne, Rutting Sika, Sika, Sika Deer

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