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Extracts from “RSPB Notes On Nature”

September 2, 2023 Birds, Blog, Conservation, Countryside, Crow Family, Eurasian Jay, Nature, RSPB

RSPB say: “For many of us, September heralds the end of the summer holidays and a return to the regular rhythms of life. It’s also a time of transition in nature, as summer visitors like Swallows leave our shores and other birds return. This month in Nature’s Calendar we welcome Jays. At this time of…

In a recent article the Daily Mail reported that “Sightings of every listed butterfly species in the UK fell last year – as numbers continue to fall due to the loss of land that is suitable for the insects to lay their eggs”

July 25, 2022 Butterflies, Conservation, Countryside, Nature

The type that saw the greatest decline was the painted lady – with a 38.5 per cent drop in gardeners spotting them compared with in 2020. Over the last two years, sightings of this species have almost halved, with only 16 per cent of respondents to a survey stating they had seen one in their…

‘Catch the Sun’

July 11, 2022 Butterflies, Butterfly, Conservation, Countryside, Nature

Sedge Warbler (UK)

July 11, 2022 Birds, Conservation, Countryside, Nature, Norfolk, RSPB, Sedge Warbler

Sedge warblers have an olive-brown mantle and scapulars with dark brown streaks, and a cinnamon rump. On the upperwing the flight feathers are brown with pale buff edges, and the wing coverts are black with paler edges. The rounded tail is dark brown. The belly is white, the flanks are pale rust and the rest…

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