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WILDLIFE NOTES ARCHIVE (from Peninsula Papers)

In the folders below are the archives of the Wildlife Notes published in Peninsula Papers since 2005. The notes attempt to be both informative and topical! Just click on the title to read.

YEAR

MONTH

TITLE

2023

November

Frenetic acitvity - an ant hatch

2023

October

A Wrangle of Wrynecks

2023

September

Hoverflies

2023

Summer

3 Privets, 4 Poplars and 8 Elephants

2023

June

May Blossom

2023

May

Disappearing Yelowhammers

2023

April

Garden Birdwatch

2023

March

A shaggy daffodil story

2023

February

More on Robins

2022

December

Robins and Christmas

2022

November

I hate October

2022

October

A few Weasel words

2022

September

The Swallow Saga

2022

Summer

The Willow Warbler and the Great Tits

2022

June

Lackey Moth Caterpillars

2022

May

Rooks

2022

April

Swifts

2022

Feb/March

Winter Moths

2021

December

Hungry Jays

2021

November

Disappearing garden birds

2021

October

Hornets are heading this way

2021

September

One for sorrow .......

2021

Summer

Nesting Wagtails

2021

June

More furry things in the loft

2020

December

Gossamer

2020

Oct/Nov

An Osprey at The Gann

2020

Aug/Sept

How big are baby birds?

2020

May

Butterfly Consolation

2020

April

Golden Plovers

2020

March

Birds at night

2020

February

More Cute Rodents

2019

December

Primroses

2019

November

Holes and Voles

2019

October

Sandwich Terns

2019

September

Fit and POMS

2019

Summer

Medicinal Leeches

2019

June

Predators and Prey (Rosamund Aubrey)

2019

May

Adders

2019

April

Grass Snakes

2019

March

Wrens and Humans

2019

February

The Wren

2018

December

Jackdaws

2018

November

Choughs

2018

October

The quest for the Convolvulus Hawk-moth

2018

September

Ravens

2018

Summer

Moth Sex

2018

June

Oil Beetles

2018

May

Moths Count

2018

April

The Redwing Invasion

2018

March

Stone the Crows

2018

February

Bedtime for Birds

2017

December

Grebes

2017

November

Fairy Rings

2017

October

Tidiness Kills!

2017

September

Our Swallows

2017

Summer

The Scaly Cricket - star of Marloes Sands

2017

June

A Ring Ouzel in the garden

2017

May

Puzzled by Elms

2017

April

Woodcock

2017

March

Stonechats

2017

February

Pied Wagtails

2016

December

The Pembrokeshire Dangler

2016

November

The Storm Petrel

2016

October

Butterflies ..... not!

2016

September

The Golden-ringed Dragonfly

2016

Summer

Learning to feed

2016

June

The Ring Ouzel

2016

May

Ruminations on a new electricity pole

2016

April

The Song Thrush

2016

March

Great Northern Divers

2016

February

Goosanders

2015

November

Goldcrests & Firecrests

2015

October

Grey Seals

2015

September

Be careful when you mow

2015

July/August

House Martins

2015

June

Blackthorn

2015

May

The Red Kite

2015

April

Signs of Spring

2015

March

The Merlin

2015

February

The Marloes Glaucous Gull

2014

December

Murmurations

2014

November

Bumblebees

2014

October

Ospreys

2014

September

Brown, Green and Grey - butterflies

2014

July/August

Peninsular Cuckoos

2014

June

Bats in the attic

2014

May

The flowers that bloom in the spring tra la ...

2014

April

The Spoonbill

2014

March

Hedgehogs in Wales

2014

February

Winter Moths

2013

December

Orphean in the Undergrowth

2013

November

Please don't kick toadstools!

2013

October

Small Tortoiseshells

2013

September

Spider Crabs

2013

July/August

Cetti's Warbler

2013

June

Pheasants

2013

May

Siskins

2013

April

Just a short visit

2013

March

Daffodils

2013

February

Hedgehogs

2012

November

The invasion of the Sand Hoppers

2012

October

Ivy

2012

September

Young Buzzards

2012

August

What lies beneath ......

2012

June

Welcome back Chris & Lyster (Cuckoos)

2012

May

What a wonderful place to be a local

2012

April

The Bullfinch

2012

February

Glossy Ibises

2012

January

Polecats

2011

November

More Marvellous Migratory Moths

2011

October

Stranded Manx Shearwaters

2011

September

Magnificent Moths

2011

August

The Beautiful Demoiselle

2011

June

The Lackey Moth

2011

May

The Willow Warbler

2011

April

Spring is here - the Wheatear

2011

March

Red Kites on the Cleddau

2011

February

Unusual Swans at Kete

2010

October

Godwits

2010

September

A Butterfly Summer

2010

August

Dragonflies

2010

June

Newts

2010

May

A large pink bird on the lawn

2010

April

Woodpeckers

2010

March

An Otter at Pickleridge

2010

February

Thrushes

2009

December

Redstarts on roofs

2009

September

The Invasion of the Giant Slugs

2009

August

Summer and butterflies

2009

July

The fluttering invasion - Painted Ladies

2009

June

The Vanishing Cuckoo

2009

May

Green is the Colour - a mystery lizard

2009

April

Spring - Chiffchaffs and Mining Bees

2009

March

Winter Thrushes

2009

February

Birds in cold weather

2008

December

Otter Spraints at St Brides

2008

November

Egret Excitement

2008

October

Bad Summer Weather

2008

August

Worried about Yellowhammers

2008

June

Common Blue & Mother Shipton

2008

May

Our migrants are in trouble

2008

April

Where have all the sparrows gone?

2008

March

The Dunnock

2008

February

Local Avian Rarities

2007

December

Starlings

2007

November

Turnstones

2007

October

Pipistrelle Bats

2007

September

The Great Green Bush Cricket

2007

August

The Common Darter

2007

May

Grasshopper Warblers

2007

April

Goldeneyes at Pickleridge

2007

March

Valentine's Day - the singing season starts

2007

February

Geese at the Gann

2006

October

The Spotted Flycatcher

2006

September

The Quiet of Midsummer

2006

August

Blackcaps

2006

June

Frantic Sedge Warblers

2006

May

Give a Swallow a Home

2006

April

Spring Warblers

2006

January

Curlews

2005

December

American Visitors at the Gann