Feb 234 minWeekly wildlife notes 7th -20th February 2022The 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...
Feb 103 minWeekly Wildlife Notes 31st Jan - 6th Feb 2022This week the longer days have continued to produce more bird song around the village and wider parish. The bird walkers braved the...
Jan 312 minWeekly Wildlife Notes 24th - 30th January 2022It 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...
Jan 252 minWeekly wildlife notes 17th – 23rd January 2022If 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...
Jan 193 minWeekly Wildlife Notes: 10-16th January 2022Blackcaps are a small brown warbler with a well-defined cap – black in the male and chestnut in the female. They are not tremendously...
Dec 26, 20212 minWeekly Wildlife notes: 20-26th DecemberRobins 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...
Dec 19, 20212 minWeekly Wildlife Notes: 13-19th DecemberAlthough the weather is cold and foggy there are still some incredible moths out on the wing. The most striking of these is the December...
Dec 12, 20212 minWeekly round ups 6th-12th December 2021This weekend we joined up with Wiltshire Mammal Group to undertake a Harvest mouse survey on the byway from the B4192 up to Sugar Hill....
Dec 5, 20211 minWeekly Wildlife NotesIf 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...
Nov 28, 20211 minWeekly wildlife notesThe 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...
Oct 11, 20211 minSparrowhawk surpriseWe just had to share this amazing video of a male sparrowhawk feeding on a woodpigeon on The Garlings last Friday sent in by Jenny...
Sep 11, 20211 minHave you any House Martins?Thanks to everyone who has sent in their House Martin nest locations we have manged to log 28 active nests within the Aldbourne Parish. ...
Sep 6, 20211 minElephant Hawkmoth CaterpillarsElephant Hawkmoth caterpillars are showing well around the village this week with multiple reports - including several together and a...
Aug 9, 20211 minSwifts, swallows and house martins nesting surveyWhile we relax enjoying the summer holidays, high above our heads screaming swifts, trilling house martins and whistling swallows are...
Jul 5, 20211 minElephants in the ChurchyardLast Saturday night we ran our monthly moth catch in St Michael's churchyard using a Robinson Moth trap. Despite it being a little soggy...
Jun 20, 20212 minMarvellous MothsThe 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...
Jun 20, 20212 minChurchyard BatsBats, the only mammals capable of active flight, are an extremely successful and varied group of animals and occupy a wide range of...
May 21, 20212 minBrilliant BeesYesterday 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....
May 15, 20212 minWildlife round-up this week (15th May)Sightings have been impacted by the weather but despite the cool weather the birds and flowers have decided to go ahead with spring...
May 11, 20211 minSt Mark's FlyIf you've been out enjoying a walk in our beautiful countryside over the last few weeks, chances are at some point along the way you will...