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This week is national mammal week. Mammals in the UK are one of the most under-recorded groups of animals due to their secretive nature...

The weather is a bit changeable at the moment but there is plenty to see if you can find a break in the showers to get out this autumn....

The walk to Love’s Copse is lovely at any time of the year with lovely views of the village and surrounds as well as a variety of woods...

This week the longer days have continued to produce more bird song around the village and wider parish. The bird walkers braved the...

It may seem a distant memory now but this New Year’s Day was the warmest on record and a couple of days later on 3rd January we were...

If you’ve wrapped up warm and been on a winter walk recently, passing through woodland or along a hedgerow, at some point along the way...

Blackcaps are a small brown warbler with a well-defined cap – black in the male and chestnut in the female. They are not tremendously...

Robins are a common sight in the garden and are a faithful companion at the allotment but here are five facts that you might not know...

Although the weather is cold and foggy there are still some incredible moths out on the wing. The most striking of these is the December...

This weekend we joined up with Wiltshire Mammal Group to undertake a Harvest mouse survey on the byway from the B4192 up to Sugar Hill....

If you can brave the brisk North wind the rewards for a walk to Four Barrows have been rich this week. The sheer number of birds feeding...

The cold weather this week has brought birds from the fields into the garden so if you have not already then make sure you get out and...

We just had to share this amazing video of a male sparrowhawk feeding on a woodpigeon on The Garlings last Friday sent in by Jenny...

Thanks to everyone who has sent in their House Martin nest locations we have manged to log 28 active nests within the Aldbourne Parish. ...

Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillars are showing well around the village this week with multiple reports - including several together and a...

While we relax enjoying the summer holidays, high above our heads screaming swifts, trilling house martins and whistling swallows are...

Last Saturday night we ran our monthly moth catch in St Michael's churchyard using a Robinson Moth trap. Despite it being a little soggy...

The warm weather we've enjoyed over the last few weeks has led to the long-awaited and overdue explosion of many species of moths taking...

Bats, the only mammals capable of active flight, are an extremely successful and varied group of animals and occupy a wide range of...

Yesterday was World Bee Day so I thought it right that we pause for a moment to celebrate the brilliant bees in and around the village....